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 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 
JEROYD P. CONYERS, ) 
) 
Petitioner, ) 
) Civil Action No. 2: 19-1671 
) 
vs. ) Judge Robert J. Colville 
 ) 
) Magistrate Judge Kezia O. L. Taylor 
 ) 
MARK CAPOZZA, et al., ) 
) 
Respondents. ) 
 
 
ORDER OF COURT 
Before the Court is the November 18, 2025 Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 32) 
issued by the Honorable Kezia Taylor . Judge Taylor’s Report and Recommendation 
recommends that the claims set forth in the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 3) filed 
by Petitioner Jeroyd P. Conyers (“Petitioner”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 be denied, and that the 
Court further deny a certificate o f appealability. Objections to Judge Taylor’s Report and 
Recommendation were due by December 5, 2025. No objections were filed, and the Court 
considers this matter to be ripe for disposition. 
Following review of the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, “[t]he district 
judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition; receive further evidence; or 
return the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). The 
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has explained that, “even absent objections 
to the report and recommendation, a district court should ‘afford some level of review to 

 
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dispositive legal issues raised by the report,’” and has “described this level of review as ‘reasoned 
consideration.’” Equal Employment Opportunity Comm’n v. City of Long Branch, 866 F.3d 93, 
100 (3d Cir. 2017) (quoting Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878 (3d Cir. 1987)). 
Upon reasoned consideration of Judge Taylor ’s Report and Recommendation, and 
following review of the relevant docket entries and the entire record in this matter, it is hereby 
ORDERED as follows: 
The claims set forth in the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 3) filed by Jeroyd 
P. Conyers under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 are denied. Because jurists of reason would not find it 
debatable whether each of Petitioner’s claims should be denied for the reasons set forth in Judge 
Taylor’s Report and Recommendation, a certificate of appealability is denied as to any of 
Petitioner’s grounds for relief. The Clerk of Court shall mark this case as closed. 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
s/Robert J. Colville_______ 
Robert J. Colville 
United States District Judge 
 
 
Dated: June 10, 2026 
 
cc: Honorable Kezia O. L. Taylor 
 
 Counsel of Record 
 
 Jeroyd P. Conyers 
 3714 Uppark Drive 
Atlanta, GA 30349 

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