JOHNSTON v. BOWERSOX, (E.D.Mo. 2000)

Donald Stohr, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

Pursuant to the memorandum opinion and order entered herein this day,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is denied, subject to reconsideration by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find this Court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong, that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right, that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether this Court has been correct in its procedural rulings.