Rodriguez v. Jones

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE HABEAS CORPUS PETITION, GRANTING IN PART A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Frank C. Rodriguez has filed a pro se application for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent Kurt Jones urges the Court through counsel to deny the habeas petition on grounds that the state court did not unreasonably apply Supreme Court precedent to Petitioner’s claims and that some of the claims are proeedurally defaulted. Having reviewed the pleadings and record, the Court…