Brooke v. Duckworth

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

On September 12, 1991, pro se petitioner, Lonnie M. Brooke, an inmate at the Indiana State Reformatory, filed a petition' seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The return filed by the respondents on November 12, 1991, demonstrates the necessary compliance with Lewis v. Faulkner, 689 F.2d 100 (7th Cir.1982). After several extensions, the petitioner filed a Traverse on January 27, 1992. The state court record has been filed and examined pursuant to the mandates of Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963).

The petitioner was…