Martinez v. Coyne-Fague

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND —— ) GERARDO E. MARTINEZ, ) Petitioner, ) v. No. 1:21-cv-00191-JJM-PAS PATRICIA A. COYNE-FAGUE, Respondent. ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOHN J. MCCONNELL, JR., Chief United States District Judge. Before the Court is Respondent Patricia A. Coyne-Fague’s (“State”) Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 5) Gerardo E. Martinez’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1). In his Petition, Mr. Martinez asserts that he was deprived of his right to effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United…