Baker v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________________ WILLIE BAKER, Petitioner, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 17-CV-6063 (CJS) JOHN COLVIN, Superintendent of Five Points Correctional Facility, Respondent. _________________________________________ The petitioner, Willie Baker (“Baker”), brings this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that his appellate counsel's failure to perfect his appeal for over thirty-six months denied him due process of law. Pet., Jan. 30, 2017, ECF No. 1. For the reasons explained…