Orton, Gerald v. Hepp

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN GERALD O. ORTON, Petitioner, OPINION AND ORDER v. 17-cv-171-wmc RANDALL R. HEPP, Warden, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Respondent. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Gerald Orton, a state prisoner presently confined at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution, seeks federal habeas relief from his 2011 conviction for attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the Circuit Court for Dane County, Wisconsin. Specifically, Orton claims that he is in state custody in violation of the United States Constitution because: (1) he…