Buckley v. Dallman

RICE, District Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Having received respondent’s Return of Writ (doc. # 8), this matter is currently before the Court to “determine whether an evidentiary hearing is required” and if not, to “make such disposition of the petition as justice shall require.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Rule 8(a).

Petitioner is presently incarcerated at the Lebanon Correctional Institution, serving sentences imposed upon him by the Court of Common Pleas of Darke County, for convictions in three criminal cases, i.e., Case Nos.…