District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania August 15, 2002, 2:99-cv-03228 (Faulkner v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections)

EXPLANATION AND ORDER

BRODY, District Judge.

Matthew Faulkner (“petitioner” or “Faulkner”) timely filed a petition for federal habeas corpus relief on June 25, 1999, after his petition for habeas relief to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was summarily denied. The case was referred to Magistrate Judge Arnold C. Rapoport for a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”).