Baltas v. Commissioner of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOE J. BALTAS, Petitioner, v. No. 3:22-cv-571 (VAB) COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, Respondent. RULING AND ORDER Joe J. Baltas (“Petitioner”), incarcerated at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction for murder and assault. The Commissioner of Correction (“Respondent”) has filed a motion to dismiss the petition for failure to exhaust state court remedies on all claims included in the petition and including some claims…