Whitfield v. Lashbrook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HEZEKIAH WHITFIELD, (B14293), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 17 C 8760 v. ) ) Hon. Marvin E. Aspen JACQUELYN LASHBROOK, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Marvin E. Aspen, District Judge: Petitioner Hezekiah Whitfield, a prisoner incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center, brings this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his 2014 murder conviction from the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois. (Dkt. 1.) He argues that the state court erred in:…