WESTMORELAND v. STEBERGER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JER’BRELL KEON 	: 	CIVIL ACTION
WESTMORELAND, 	:
Petitioner, 	:
v. 	: 	NO. 26-3708
:
CHERYL STEBERGER, 	:
WARDEN OF LANCASTER 	:
COUNTY PRISON, 	:
Respondent. 	:
ORDER
AND NOW, this 13th day of October 2026, upon consideration of Petitioner Jer’brell
Keon Westmoreland’s pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (the “Petition”) (ECF No. 5),
the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge José Raúl Arteaga (ECF No.
8), Petitioner’s pro se Objections to the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 9), and the docket,
it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1. 	Petitioner’s Objections to the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 9) are
OVERRULED for the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion.
2. 	The Court DECLINES to adopt the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate
Judge 	Arteaga 	(ECF 	No. 	8) 	for 	the 	reasons 	stated 	in 	the 	accompanying
memorandum opinion.
3. 	The 	Petition 	(ECF 	No. 	5) 	is 	SUMMARILY 	DISMISSED 	AS 	MOOT
WITHOUT 	PREJUDICE 	for 	the 	reasons 	stated 	in 	the 	accompanying
memorandum opinion.
4. 	No certificate of appealability shall issue because Petitioner has not made a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right and reasonable jurists
would not disagree with the Court’s resolution of the Petition. 	See 28 U.S.C. §
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2253(c); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483–84 (2000).
5. 	The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE the above-captioned matter.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Chad F. Kenney
CHAD F. KENNEY, JUDGE
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