Barber v. Hancock

RUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION JOSEPH BARBER, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:21-CV-130 RLW ) GREGORY HANCOCK,1 ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Joseph Barber’s pro se Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (ECF No. 1). Barber is incarcerated at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center (“MECC”). For the following reasons, the Court will deny habeas relief. Procedural History On December 4, 2014, a trial judge in the Circuit Court of the City of St.…