United States ex rel. Dove v. Thieret

*718ORDER

BAKER, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, Gerald Wayne Dove, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On December 10, 1985, an Illinois state court convicted Gerald Dove (Dove) of murdering his wife, Melodie Dove (Melodie). In his petition for habeas relief, Dove alleges that the Illinois state proceeding violated tenets of the Constitution because the trial court admitted evidence obtained in violation of Dove’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. Specifically, Dove alleges that the government gained incriminating evidence through unnecessary delays in incarceration1 and the…