Harnett v. Russel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KELLY HARNETT, MEMORANDUM & ORDER Petitioner, 22-CV-00589 (HG) v. EILEEN RUSSELL, Respondent. HECTOR GONZALEZ, United States District Judge: Petitioner filed a petition for habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, while she was previously incarcerated in state prison. ECF No. 2. Respondent Eileen Russell, the superintendent of that prison, has opposed the petition, arguing that it is moot because Petitioner’s original conviction was vacated by an agreement with state prosecutors, pursuant to which she pled guilty to a lesser crime…