Gardiner v. Davis

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT February 26, 2021 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk HOUSTON DIVISION LEROY WAYNE GARDINER, § TDCJ #2081137, § § Petitioner, § § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. H-20-0702 § BOBBY LUMPKIN,1 Director, Texas § Department of Criminal Justice, § Correctional Institutions Division, § § Respondent. § MEMORANDUM AND ORDER State inmate Leroy Wayne Gardiner has filed a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

[Doc. # 1], seeking relief from a conviction from Montgomery County, Texas, that resulted in a sentence of 20 years’…