McCray v. Koop

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK RICARDO McCRAY, Petitioner, 16-CV-694-LJV-HKS v. DECISION & ORDER MARLYN KOOP, Superintendent of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Respondent. Before the Court is a motion to amend filed by the pro se petitioner, Ricardo McCray. Docket Item 23. For the reasons that follow, this Court denies McCray’s motion. DISCUSSION When a petitioner seeks to amend his habeas petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

to add a new claim for which “the statute of limitations has run,” the new claim must “relate back” to the claims in the original petition.…