Alvarado v. Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION James Alvarado (R-68527), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 18 C 488 v. ) ) Judge John Robert Blakey Randy Pfister, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner James Alvarado, a prisoner at the Stateville Correctional Center, filed this pro se

28 U.S.C. § 2254

petition challenging his LaSalle County conviction for the murder of his wife. Respondent has answered the petition, and Petitioner has replied. For the reasons stated herein, the Court denies the § 2254 petition [1] and declines to issue a certificate of…