SANCHES v. CLARK

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RAFAEL SANCHES, JR., ) ) Petitioner ) Case No. 1:18-cv-00100 (Erie) ) vs. ) ) RICHARD A. LANZILLO MICHAEL R. CLARK, ) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ) Respondent ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ) ORDER ON PETITION FOR ) HABEAS CORPUS ) ) ECF No. 1 ) I. Introduction Petitioner Rafael Sanches, Jr., (Sanches), a prisoner currently confined at the State Correctional Institution at Albion (SCI-Albion) in Albion, Pennsylvania, has filed a pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(ECF No. 1). He raises two…