KELLY v. JOHNSON

Not for Publication UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY : DUANE KELLY, : Civil Action No. 16-2553 (ES) : Petitioner, : : v. : OPINION : STEPHEN JOHNSON, et al., : : Respondents. : : SALAS, DISTRICT JUDGE Petitioner Duane Kelly (“Petitioner”), a prisoner currently confined at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey, has filed a pro se Petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.E. No. 1). The Court decides this matter without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); L. Civ. R. 78.1(b). For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES the Petition…