Woods v. Medeiros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ___________________________________ ) THOMAS WOODS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) CIVIL ACTION v. ) No. 15-13776-WGY ) SEAN MEDEIROS, ) ) Respondent. ) ___________________________________) YOUNG, D.J. June 8, 2020 MEMORANDUM & ORDER I. INTRODUCTION This petition for a writ of habeas corpus arrives after years of back and forth in the courts of Massachusetts. The original criminal prosecution of Thomas Woods (“Woods”) for first degree murder, in which he was haled in front of a grand jury while unknowingly the target of the investigation, led the…