Fletcher v. Lane

DECISION AND ORDER

ROBERT D. MORGAN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He presently is a prisoner in state custody at the Menard Correctional Center, Menard, Illinois. This action was commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Petitioner was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis by Judge James L. Foreman, who transferred the case to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) and Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484, 93 S.Ct. 1123, 35 L.Ed.2d 443…