Alcantara v. Bell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------x CIRILO ALCANTARA, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER -v- 19-CV-3686 (RRM) (LB) EARL BELL, SUPERINTENDENT, Respondent. -------------------------------------------------------------x ROSLYNN R. MAUSKOPF, Chief United States District Judge. In April 2019, petitioner Cirilo Alcantara commenced this action by placing a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. §2254

in the mailbox at Clinton Correctional Facility, the state prison in which he remains…