Farmer v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 2:15-CR-72 ) 2:23-CV-151 JEREMIAH FARMER, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Jeremiah Farmer was convicted of murdering two elderly gentlemen in the course of a RICO and drug conspiracy involving the Latin Kings. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. Now before me is Farmer’s section 2255 petition, but his petition suffers from numerous deficiencies: it is barred by procedural default, many claims were already addressed and rejected on direct appeal,…