Lopez v. Tennessee, State of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION LOUIS LOPEZ, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) NO. 2:19-cv-00055 ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Louis Lopez filed a pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. No. 1) and a supplement to the Petition. (Doc. No. 5). Respondent filed an Answer (Doc. No. 23), and Petitioner filed a Reply (Doc. No. 28). As explained below, Petitioner is not entitled to relief under Section 2254 and this action will be dismissed. I. Background A DeKalb County grand jury indicted…