Beachem v. Williams
District Court, N.D. Illinois
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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