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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 
EASTERN DIVISION AT COLUMBUS 
CORTEZ J. JACKSON, : Case No. 2:25-cv-00795 
Pe
titioner, 
-
vs - District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. 
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz  
WARDEN, Pickaway Correctional 
    Institution, 
: 
Respondent. 
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
T
he Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of United States Magistrate 
Judge Michael R. Merz (ECF No. 16 ) to whom this case was referred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 
636(b), and noting that no objections have been filed thereto and that the time for filing such 
objections under Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) has expired, hereby ADOPTS said Report and 
Recommendations. 
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Petition be DISMISSED with prejudice. 
Petitioner is DENIED any requested certificate of appealability and the Court hereby certifies to 
the United States Court of Appeals that an appeal would be objectively frivolous and therefore 
should not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. 
June 10, 2026. 
 
District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. 
United States District Court 
s/Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. 
Case: 2:25-cv-00795-EAS-MRM Doc #: 17 Filed: 06/10/26 Page: 1 of 1  PAGEID #: <pageID>

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