MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
This cause is before the court on (1) the recommendation of the magistrate that John Edward Pickett's petition for a writ of habeas corpus should be granted and (2) the respondents' objections to the recommendation. For the reasons that follow, this court concludes that the objections should be overruled and the recommendation adopted.
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