Washington v. Spencer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ___________________________________ ) DERRICK WASHINGTON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) No. 12-10466-WGY LUIS S. SPENCER, ) ) Respondent. ) ) YOUNG, D.J. April 30, 2018 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Derrick Washington (“Washington”) is a state prisoner who was convicted of murder and a number of accompanying crimes in the Massachusetts Superior Court, sitting in and for the County of Hampden on February 26, 2007. Washington petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

asserting…