Truesdale v. Sabourin

OPINION & ORDER

COTE, District Judge.

James Truesdale, an inmate at Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone, New York, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The sole issue presented in his petition is whether the state trial court violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).

Background

The following facts are drawn primarily from the Report & Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Gorenstein, except where noted. No objections were made…