Hyatt v. Gelb

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Following his conviction on an array of charges in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, prisoner Char-keem Hyatt (“Hyatt”) filed the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus against Bruce Gelb (the “Respondent”), the superintendent of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, seeking review of alleged errors of constitutional magnitude at trial. Specifically, he alleges that his due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated when the judge at trial denied his request to accompany the…