Johnson v. Griffith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ) JUSTIN JOHNSON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) Case No. 4:17 CV 2900 MTS CINDY GRIFFITH, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Justin Johnson’s Petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for writ of habeas corpus. For the following reasons, Petitioner’s § 2254 Petition is denied. I. Procedural History Petitioner is currently incarcerated at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. In December of 2011, he was charged in the Circuit Court of St. Louis…