Sean Wright v. Michael Bowersox

ROSE, District Judge.

Sean T. Wright was convicted of two counts of statutory sodomy in a Buchanan County, Missouri trial court and sentenced to life plus seven years. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction on direct appeal, State v. Wright, 245 S.W.3d 930 (Mo.Ct.App.2008) (per curiam), and later affirmed the denial of Wright’s motion for post-conviction relief. Wright v. State, 313 S.W.3d 731 (Mo.Ct.App.2010) (per curiam). Wright filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising twenty-two grounds for relief. The district court 2 denied the petition and…