JOHNSON v. SMEAL

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IRA A. JOHNSON, : Petitioner, : : v. : Civ. No. 08-3670 : PAUL K. SMEAL, et al., : Respondents. : O R D E R Pro se Petitioner Ira Johnson objects to Magistrate Judge Wells’s recommendation that I deny habeas relief. (Doc. Nos. 73, 74); 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I will overrule Petitioner’s Objections, adopt Judge Wells’s Report and Recommendation, and deny the Petition. I. LEGAL STANDARDS I must review de novo those portions of Judge Wells’s Report to which timely, specific objections have been made. 28 U.S.C. §…