Holmes v. State of Nebraska

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA TRACY LEE HOLMES, Petitioner, 8:21CV160 v. MEMORANDUM STATE OF NEBRASKA, AND ORDER Respondent. This matter is before the Court on petitioner Tracy Lee Holmes’s (“Holmes”) pro se Petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (Filing No. 1). Like his contemporaneously filed petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

in a related case, the petition arises from Holmes’s conviction and sentence for unlawful sexual contact in Nebraska state court in 1997. To obtain federal habeas relief under § 2254(a), a…