Watson v. Jennings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION RAFAEL WATSON, ) Petitioner, Vv. No. 4:19-cv-3398 ACL RICH JENNINGS, et al., Respondents. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court upon review of petitioner Rafael Watson’s Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant Watson leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and will deny and dismiss the petition because it is successive and was filed without authorization from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Background _. The…