Thill, Ross v. Stanley Correctional Institution

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ROSS R. THILL, Petitioner, OPINION and ORDER v. 18-cv-1005-jdp REED RICHARDSON, Respondent. Petitioner Ross R. Thill was convicted, after a jury trial, on one count of sexual assault of a child. Thill, by postconviction counsel, now seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The case is fully briefed and ready for decision. Thill’s defense at trial was that the child’s mother, his ex-girlfriend, framed him by planting his semen on the child’s underwear and coaching her to make false abuse accusations. In his…