Berkman v. Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION NATHAN S. BERKMAN, Petitioner, v. CAUSE NO. 3:19-CV-750-RLM-MGG WARDEN, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Nathan S. Berkman, a prisoner proceeding without a lawyer, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his 2011 felony murder conviction in Lake County under cause number 45G03-0906-MR-0003. (ECF 1.) For the reasons stated below, the court denies the petition. I. BACKGROUND In deciding the petition, the court must presume the facts set forth by the state courts are correct unless Mr. Berkman rebuts this presumption…