Anderson, Torry v. Hepp, Randall

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TORRY E. ANDERSON, Petitioner, OPINION and ORDER v. 20-cv-1040-jdp WARDEN RANDALL HEPP, Respondent. Petitioner Torry E. Anderson brings this petition for writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

after a jury convicted him on 18 criminal counts arising from domestic abuse of his wife. Anderson raises a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668

(1984), based on trial counsel’s failure to object to the state’s use of all its peremptory strikes on men. See Batson v. Kentucky,

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