Lorton v. Wainwright

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DWAYNE EDWARD LORTON, ) Case No. 3:21-cv-00036 ) Petitioner, ) Judge J. Philip Calabrese ) v. ) Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Parker ) LYNEAL WAINWRIGHT, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ) OPINION AND ORDER In 2009, Petitioner Dwayne Edward Lorton pled no contest in State court to four counts of rape of a minor under the age of thirteen. The State court sentenced him to a total aggregate sentence of twenty years in prison. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Magistrate Judge recommends denying the petition, and…