Nichols v. People

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Rickie T. Nichols (M09061), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 22 C 3364 v. ) ) Hon. Jorge L. Alonso ) Darren Galloway, Warden, ) Shawnee Correctional Center, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Rickie T. Nichols (“Petitioner”), a prisoner at the Shawnee Correctional Center,1 0F brings this pro se habeas corpus action under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“Section 2254”) to challenge his 2009 sentencing in the Circuit Court of Lake County as fundamentally unfair and in violation of the proportionate penalties…