Simpson v. Butricks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT EARL C. SIMPSON, III, ) 3:20-CV-1892 (SVN) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) KENNETH BUTRICKS, ) Respondent. ) July 7, 2022 ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS Sarala V. Nagala, United States District Judge. Petitioner Earl Simpson, III, has filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that the state trial court abused its discretion in accepting Petitioner’s guilty plea to murder because it was not given knowingly and voluntarily and in later denying Petitioner’s motion to withdraw that plea.…