Nommensen v. Lundquist

DECISION AND ORDER

RUDOLPH T. RANDA, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Thomas Nommensen’s (“Nommensen”) petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Nommensen is serving a 24-year term of imprisonment after being convicted in state court of repeated sexual assault of a child, his daughter, Kayla Nommensen. See Wis. Stat. § 948.025(1). The Court recently directed the parties to address the possibility of abstention in light of the ongoing direct appeal from Nommensen’s conviction. See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971); Colorado River Water Conservation…