Melendez v. Zoldak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ ) ) FELIX A. MELENDEZ, ) ) Petitioner ) ) v. ) ) Case No. 23-cv-12132-DJC ) SHAWN ZOLDAK, ) ) Respondent. ) __________________________________________) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CASPER, J. June 2, 2025 I. Introduction Petitioner Felix A. Melendez (“Petitioner” or “Melendez”) has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“the Petition”), alleging that trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to suppress cell phone evidence violated Petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth…