Legal Opinion
CLIFTON-SHORT v. JOHNSON
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 24, 2019No. 2:17-cv-06193Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY SHAUN CLIFTON-SHORT, : Petitioner, : Civ. No. 17-6193 (KM) v. : OPINION STEVEN JOHNSON, et al., : Respondents. : KEVIN MCNULTY, U.S.D.J. I. INTRODUCTION The petitioner, Shaun Clifton-Short, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. Clifton-Short has filed a separate motion for an evidentiary hearing. For the following reasons, Mr. Clifton-Short’s petition and motion will be denied and a certificate of appealability shall not issue. II. BACKGROUND On direct appeal, the…
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