Brand v. Warden Correctional Reception Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION BARON BRAND, Case No. 1:18-cv-697 Petitioner, Bertelsman, J. VS. Litkovitz, M.J. WARDEN, CORRECTIONAL REPORT AND RECEPTION CENTER, RECOMMENDATION Respondent. Petitioner, an inmate in state custody, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his Hamilton County, Ohio, convictions, (Doc. 1). This matter is before the Court on the petition (Doc. 1) and respondent’s return of writ (Doc. 7), to which petitioner has replied (Doc. 10). For the reasons stated below, the…