Thurlow v. Yordy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO KENNETH E. THURLOW, Case No. 1:15-cv-00223-BLW Petitioner, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND v. ORDER AL RAMIREZ, Respondent. Pending before the Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Idaho prisoner Kenneth E. Thurlow (“Petitioner” or “Thurlow”), challenging Petitioner’s Bonner County conviction of first-degree murder. Dkt. 1. The Petition asserts four claims. The Court previously dismissed Claims 2 and 3 of the Petition as procedurally defaulted. See Dkt. 25. Claims 1 and 4 are now fully briefed and ripe for adjudication.…