Montano v. Shelton

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, filed by an inmate in the custody of the State of Kansas. Petitioner alleges constitutional error in his state court conviction, and seeks his immediate release.

Petitioner raises seven grounds in his original petition, which reduce to the following six claims. First, petitioner claims the trial court erred in requiring petitioner to be cross examined in English when petitioner’s primary language is Spanish (Ground I). Second, petitioner claims evidence…