Morrison v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION HERBERT W. MORRISON, Jr., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:18 CV 32 DDN ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM This action is before the court upon the petition of Missouri state prisoner Herbert W. Morrison, Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and upon his recent motions for leave to amend his petition and for a stay of these proceedings so he can return to the Missouri state courts to exhaust a requested new Ground 3 which he would allege in the amended petition. The parties…