Jenkins v. Superintendent Lynn Lilley
Jenkins v. Superintendent Lynn Lilley, Superintendent, Eastern NY Correctional Facility
- Gregory Woods
- 1:23-cv-09613
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jenkins v. Superintendent Lynn Lilley, Judge Woods denied Jenkins’s habeas petition, denied appeal-related requests, and closed the case.
Jenkins’s habeas petition was denied; the judgment also denied fee-free appeal status and a certificate of appealability, and closed the case.
What happened
In Jenkins v. Superintendent Lynn Lilley, the court adopted a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation in full. The judgment does not state the recommendation’s reasoning or explain the basis for Jenkins’s petition.
The court denied Jenkins’s petition asking for habeas relief. It also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith, denied fee-free appeal status, denied a certificate of appealability, and closed the case.
Judge Gregory Woods issued the rulings reflected in the judgment, which was dated October 21, 2025. The provided judgment does not describe the underlying claims or explain whether the petition was denied on the merits or on a procedural ground.
The detailed version
- Jenkins v. Superintendent Lynn Lilley · No. 1:23-cv-09613
- Gregory Woods
- Oct. 21, 2025
What the Court Decided
The court adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety. It denied Mr. Jenkins’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a court order challenging the legality of custody or detention.
The judgment refers to a Memorandum Opinion and Order dated October 20, 2025, but that opinion is not included in the provided text. The judgment therefore does not state the factual or legal reasons for denying the petition.
Appeal-Related Rulings
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It consequently denied Jenkins permission to proceed without paying the required filing fees for an appeal. The court also found that Jenkins had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied and denied a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253.
Disposition
The habeas petition was denied, and the case was closed. Because the provided judgment does not contain the underlying analysis, the basis for the denial cannot be determined from this text alone.
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