Skeens v. Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION ERIC BENSON SKEENS, Petitioner, v. CAUSE NO. 3:21-CV-692-DRL-MGG WARDEN, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Eric Benson Skeens, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his 2009 child molestation conviction in Huntington County. For the following reasons, the court denies the petition. BACKGROUND In deciding the petition, the court must presume the facts set forth by the state courts are correct, unless Mr. Skeens rebuts this presumption with clear and convincing evidence. 28 U.S.C. §…