Ryan v. Kenney

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, District Judge.

Before the court is Petitioner’s appeal (filing 54) from Magistrate Judge Piester’s Memorandum and Order entered on August 22, 2000 (filing 49), which, among other things:

1) found that Claims VII, VIII, IX, XIV, XV, and XVI are barred from consideration in this habeas action because of unexcused procedural default;

2) denied Petitioner’s request for an evi-dentiary hearing on Claim XVII;

3) denied Petitioner’s motion for discovery concerning Claim XVII (filing 22); and

4) denied Petitioner’s sealed motion (filing 21).

I construe Petitioner’s filing as a…