Lucas v. Estes (INMATE 3)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION JERROD DESHAWN LUCAS, #296012, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:18-cv-338-RAH-SMD ) [WO] DEWAYNE ESTES, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE Before the Court is Alabama inmate Jerrod Deshawn Lucas’s petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. 1. Lucas challenges his 2014 Montgomery County conviction for capital murder and his resulting sentence of life in prison without parole. For the following reasons, the undersigned Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that…