UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION

MUSA IKHARO,

Petitioner,

vs.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

GENERAL, et al., 

Respondents.

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Case No. 1:18-cv-385

Judge Timothy S. Black

Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. 

Bowman

DECISION AND ENTRY

ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. 28)

This case is before the Court pursuant to the Order of General Reference to United 

States Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman. Pursuant to such reference, the 

Magistrate Judge reviewed the pleadings filed with this Court and, on July 17, 2019, 

submitted a Report and Recommendations. (Doc. 28). Petitioner Musa Ikharo objected

to the Report and Recommendations. (Doc. 29).

As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), the Court has 

reviewed the comprehensive findings of the Magistrate Judge and considered de novo all 

of the filings in this matter. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court finds that 

Petitioner’s objection (Doc. 29) is not well-taken and OVERRULED.

Moreover, the Court notes that Petitioner has presented substantively the same 

arguments in this Petition and objections as he has in other petitions before this Court and 

before the Sixth Circuit. And, since the Magistrate Judge submitted the Report and 

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Recommendations, these arguments have been considered – and rejected – by this Court 

and the Sixth Circuit. See, e.g., Ikharo v. Att’y Gen. of United States, No. 20-3250, 2020 

WL 5126630 (6th Cir. Aug. 13, 2020); Ikharo v. Barr, No. 18-4153, 2020 WL 10147140 

(6th Cir. July 21, 2020); Ikharo v. Shanks, No. 1:19-cv-256, 2020 WL 3490376 (S.D. 

Ohio Feb. 21, 2020) (Bowman, M.J.), report and recommendation adopted, 2020 WL 

3488925 (S.D. Ohio June 26, 2020) (McFarland, J.) (appeal to the Sixth Circuit dismissed 

for want of prosecution); Ikharo v. Att’y Gen. of United States, No. 1:19-cv-175, 2020 

WL 59662, at *1 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 6, 2020) (Litkovitz, M.J.), report and recommendation 

adopted, 2020 WL 470272 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 29, 2020) (Dlott, J.), certificate of 

appealability denied, 2020 WL 2085602 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2020) (Dlott, J.), and aff’d, 

No. 20-3250, 2020 WL 5126630 (6th Cir. Aug. 13, 2020).

Accordingly, for the reasons stated above:

1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 28) is ADOPTED; 

2. Petitioner’s objections (Doc. 29) are OVERRULED; 

3. Petitioner’s pro se petition, as amended, for writ of habeas corpus pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Docs. 1, 27) is DENIED;

4. The Court FINDS that a certificate of appealability should not issue in this 

case because petitioner has not stated a “viable claim of the denial of a 

constitutional right,” nor are the issues presented “adequate to deserve 

encouragement to proceed further.” See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 

475 (2000) (citing Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 & n.4 (1983)); see 

also 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b);

5. The Court CERTIFIES that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), an appeal 

of this Order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore DENIES

petitioner leave to appeal in forma pauperis; and

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6. The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly, whereupon this case is

TERMINATED from the docket of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 

Timothy S. Black

United States District Judge

8/18/2021 s/Timothy S. Black

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