Melendez-Serrano v. Rivera-Juanatey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO JUAN CARLOS MELÉNDEZ-SERRANO, Petitioner, v. Civil No. 20-1588 (FAB) ANA ESCOBAR-PABÓN, DOMINGO EMANUELLI-HERNÁNDEZ and VÍCTOR MALDONADO, Respondents. OPINON AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge Before the Court is Petitioner Juan Carlos Meléndez-Serrano (“Meléndez”)’s second amended petition for habeas corpus relief, filed pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEPDA”),

28 U.S.C. section 2254

(“section 2254”). (Docket No. 47.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Meléndez’s section…