United States Ex Rel. McLaren v. Fairman

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Alexander McLaren (“McLaren”), an inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center (“Pontiac”), has brought this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Section 2254”) habeas corpus action against Pontiac Warden James W. Fairman. 1 McLaren claims his Illinois state court conviction and sentencing violated his federal constitutional rights 2 in four respects:(1) McLaren was represented by ineffective trial and appellate counsel, in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel.(2) Because the state failed to prove McLaren guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,…