Bentley v. McCarthy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ROBERT THOMAS BENTLEY, DECISION AND ORDER Petitioner, 6:21-CV-06038 EAW v. TIMOTHY McCARTHY, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent. I. INTRODUCTION Pro se petitioner Robert Thomas Bentley (“Petitioner”), a prisoner in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision,1 has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1). The petition challenges the March 29, 2018 denial by the Livingston County Court of New York State (Cohen, J.) of Petitioner’s…