Thorn v. Greene

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CORDELL THORN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 20 C 7377 ) MINDY NURSE,1 ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Stacy Anderson was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 26, 2005 in Chicago. Cordell Thorn was charged in the shooting and, in 2008, convicted by a jury of first- degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Thorn is currently serving consecutive 45- year and ten-year prison terms in Illinois state prison. Having exhausted the state appellate process,…