Hardwick v. Pierce

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBINSON, District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner James Hardwick (“petitioner”) is a Delaware inmate in custody at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Presently before the court is petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 3; D.I. 11) For the reasons that follow, the court will- dismiss his application.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

As set forth by the Delaware Supreme Court in Hardwick v. State, 971 A.2d 130, 132 (Del.2009), and by the Superior Court in State v. Hardwick, 2011 WL 2535559…