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Beachem v. Williams

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 22, 2004No. 03 C 9263PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

FILIP, District Judge.

Now before the Court is Petitioner Dionna Beachem’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus against Respondent Alyssa Williams, Warden of the Dwight Correctional Center, challenging the constitutionality of the state court judgment under which Petitioner is being held. The Court has received Respondent’s answer and obtained the state court record of Petitioner’s trial and state post-conviction proceedings. For the reasons stated below, the Petition is dismissed.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner is imprisoned pursuant to a…

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