United States Ex Rel. Garza v. Ahitow

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Kenneth Garza (“Garza”) initiated this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Because Garza’s claim of constitutional deprivation stems from a murder conviction in the Circuit Court of Cook County, however, Judge Joe Billy McDade took no action on the Petition other than to enter a May 18, 1998 order transferring the ease to this District Court. By random assignment the action has come to this Court’s calendar. As it turns out, that…