Holmes v. State of Nebraska

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA TRACY LEE HOLMES, Petitioner, 8:21CV159 v. MEMORANDUM STATE OF NEBRASKA, AND ORDER Respondent. This matter is before the Court on petitioner Tracy Lee Holmes’s (“Holmes”) pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

(Filing No. 1). The petition arises from Holmes’s conviction and sentence for unlawful sexual contact in Nebraska state court in August of 1997. To obtain federal habeas relief under § 2241, a petitioner must be “in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United…