TILLERY v. EASON et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MAJOR GEORGE TILLERY, 	:
Petitioner, 	: 	CIVIL ACTION
: 	No. 20-2675
v. 	:
:
GINA CLARK, Superintendent,
State Correctional Institution at
Chester, et al.,
:
:
:
Respondents. 	:
ORDER
AND NOW, this 5th day of January, 2026, upon careful and independent
consideration of the counseled amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (ECF No. 28), the briefs in support of and in
opposition to the amended petition, and the state court record, and after review of
the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Lynne A.
Sitarski (ECF No. 62) and the counseled amended objections to the R&R (ECF No.
83), IT IS ORDERED that:
1. 	The amended objections (ECF No. 83) are OVERRULED;
2. 	The Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 62) is
APPROVED and ADOPTED; and
3. 	The amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant
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to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (ECF No. 28) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE
and without an evidentiary hearing.
The Court finds no basis for the issuance of a certificate of appealability. The oral
argument scheduled for January 20, 2026 is canceled.
s/ANITA B. BRODY, J.
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ANITA B. BRODY, J.
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