Abt v. Richardson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN GARY P. ABT, Petitioner, Case No. 20-CV-165-JPS-JPS v. REED RICHARDSON, ORDER Respondent. On February 3, 2020, Petitioner Gary P. Abt (“Abt”) filed a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting that his state court conviction and sentence were imposed in violation of the Constitution. (Docket #1). In 2013, Abt was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court with first-degree child sexual assault.

Id. at 2. He pleaded guilty to the charge and in March 2014 was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment.

Id.

Abt filed a direct appeal which…