Nelson v. Duckworth

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

This petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by two inmates presently incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana. The matter is now before this court on respondents’ motion to deny the writ and dismiss the petition, contained in their return to order to show cause. Both sides having briefed their respective positions, and the complete state court record having been filed with and carefully examined by this court per Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963), this…