Kostka v. Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS TIMOTHY KOSTKA, Plaintiff, No. 23-cv-11428-RGS v. MICHAEL RODRIGUES, Respondent. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION LEVENSON, U.S.M.J. INTRODUCTION Petitioner, Timothy Kostka, who is in the custody of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seeks a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Docket No. 1. In October 2015, a Massachusetts jury convicted Petitioner of murder in connection with the stabbing of Barbara Coyne during a home invasion. The jury found Petitioner guilty of murder in the first degree, on theories of deliberate…