Garcia v. Butler

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GERARDO GARCIA, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 16 C 8829 v. ) ) Judge Virginia M. Kendall JOHN VARGA, ) Warden, Dixon Correctional Center. ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Gerardo Garcia, a state prisoner, petitions pro se for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1.) He asks this Court to grant the petition and order a new trial on three constitutional grounds: (1) an Illinois trial court denied him due process of law when it found, after a retrospective fitness hearing, that he…