Abernathy v. Kenneway

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) FRANKLIN ABERNATHY, ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 18-12158-LTS ) SEVEN KENNEWAY, ) Respondent. ) ) ORDER ON RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC. NO. 17) March 27, 2019 SOROKIN, J. Franklin Abernathy, a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley, Massachusetts, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because his claims are untimely, Abernathy’s petition is DISMISSED. I. BACKGROUND On July 21, 2008, after a jury trial in Suffolk County Superior Court, Abernathy was…