Brown v. Jennings

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION BOBBY BROWN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:20-CV-00275-JAR ) RICHARD JENNINGS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Bobby Brown’s Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody. (Doc. 1). Respondent filed a response on April 6, 2020. (Doc. 7). Petitioner has not filed any reply, and the deadline to do so has passed. For the reasons discussed below, the Petition will be denied. I. BACKGROUND On July 18, 2017, Petitioner pled guilty in Missouri state court to…