Marshall v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION JOHN MARSHALL, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:19-cv-00083-SRC ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) Memorandum and Order John Marshall violently kidnapped his wife because she witnessed him commit a crime. Doc. 15-5 at pp. 2–3. Marshall choked her and beat her with a pair of pliers, telling her that “it’s a shame that [her] kids are going to grow up knowing they found their mother in a dumpster.” Id. at p. 3. Though Marshall had taken her cell phone, she recovered it after Marshall fell asleep. Id. at pp. 2–3. She…