Patterson v. Meisner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN BRIAN A. PATTERSON, Petitioner, Case No. 16-CV-745-JPS v. MICHAEL MEISNER, ORDER Respondent. 1. INTRODUCTION Following trial in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, a jury convicted Brian A. Patterson (“Petitioner”) of first-degree reckless homicide.1 ECF No. 15 at 2; ECF No. 15-1 at 41. Petitioner filed a direct appeal of his conviction and of the circuit court’s denial of his preliminary postconviction motion with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals pursuant to

Wis. Stat. § 809.30, and then sought review with the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ECF…