Pickett v. Butler (INMATE 3)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION JOE RANGER PICKETT, # 128361, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Civil Action No v. ) 2:20-cv-162-WHA-CSC ) (WO) REOSHA BUTLER, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE This case is before the Court on Alabama prisoner Joe Ranger Pickett’s petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, by which Pickett challenges his 1985 Pike County conviction for robbery in the first degree and his sentence of 99 years’ imprisonment. Docs. 1 and 31.1 As discussed below, the Court finds that…