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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 
WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON 
 
TERRANCE VONJUR BUTLER, 
 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
WARDEN PICKAWAY CORRECTIONAL 
INSTITUTE, 
 
Respondent. 
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District Judge Thomas M. Rose 
Magistrate Judge S. Courter Shimeall 
 
ENTRY AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO 
DENY PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 
 
Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendation to Deny Petitioner Terrance 
Vonjur Butler’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus issued by Magistrate Judge S. 
Courter Shimeall (Doc. No. 11) . In the Report, Magistrate Judge Shimeall recommends that 
Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. 6) be denied with prejudice. (Doc. No. 
11 at PageID 823.) Magistrate Judge Shimeall further recommends that Petitioner be denied a 
certificate of appealability and not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. (Id.) 
As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the Court 
has made a de novo review of the record in this case. Upon said review, the Court ADOPTS the 
Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 11), without objection. Wherefore, the Court DISMISSES 
Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. 6) WITH PREJUDICE. In accordance 
with 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), Petitioner is further DENIED a certificate of appealability, and the 
Court CERTIFIES to the Sixth Circuit that any appeal would be objectively frivolous , and 
therefore, Petitioner should not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk is hereby 
directed to TERMINATE this action on the Court’s docket. 
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DONE and ORDERED in Dayton, Ohio, this Thursday, June 4, 2026. 
 s/Thomas M. Rose 
 ________________________________ 
THOMAS M. ROSE 
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
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