United States ex rel. Brown v. McGinnis

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge:

Petitioner Norman Brown brings this application for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondents Kenneth L. McGinnis and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (“the Board”) answer the application pursuant to Rule 5, governing § 2254 cases in the United States District Courts, by claiming that Brown has not exhausted the state remedies available to him under the statutes and procedural rules of Illinois. Specifically, respondents claim that “petitioner has an available avenue of state court relief in the state writ of…