Gaytan v. Collier

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT March 29, 2021 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION BRENDAN GAYTAN, § § Petitioner, § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-316 § BRYAN COLLIER, et al, § § Respondents. § ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION Petitioner Brendan Gaytan, an inmate at the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Gaytan raises claims of actual innocence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and prosecutorial misconduct, along with claims of the denial of due process in his state habeas…