Hughes v. Warden Chillicothe Correctional Institution

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION GEORGE HUGHES, Petitioner, Case No. 1:21-cv-246 v. JUDGE DOUGLAS R. COLE WARDEN, CHILLICOTHE Magistrate Judge Merz CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Merz’s Report and Recommendation (R&R, Doc. 22) recommending that the Court dismiss George Hughes’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. 3) with prejudice. Because the Court agrees that the sole ground for relief Hughes raises in his petition is procedurally defaulted, the Court ADOPTS the…