Eldridge v. Bear

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA WILLIE EARL ELDRIDGE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-16-240-RAW-KEW ) CARL BEAR, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the court on Petitioner’s petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody. [Doc. 4]. A brief in support of the § 2254 petition was also filed with the court. [Doc. 12]. Petitioner, a prisoner in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, is currently incarcerated at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington,…