Emerson v. Meisner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN JAMES EDWARD EMERSON, Petitioner, v. Case No. 15-CV-180 MICHAEL MEISNER,1 Respondent. DECISION AND ORDER 1. Background Rhonda Mertes, a 37-year old white woman (ECF Nos. 69-1 at 6-7; 69-2 at 70; 16- 18 at 22, 33), spent the night of December 3, 1999, out with her boyfriend. As the couple often did, they visited the bars in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin, including the 101 Pub where they were regulars. (ECF No. 16-20 at 92-103, 115.) Although her boyfriend went home at about 1:00 AM (ECF No. 16-20 at 103), Mertes stayed at the bar until it…