Williams v. Brooks

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

Petitioner Mitchell Sterling Williams (“Williams”) petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I referred the petition to the magistrate for a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). The magistrate’s R & R recommends that I deny the petition. Petitioner filed timely objections. I agree with the magistrate’s recommendation to deny the petition. I write separately, however, because I do not find untimeliness to bar Williams’s claims, find two of them procedurally…