Cooley v. Gaffney

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) EDWARD COOLEY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 18-10258-LTS ) ERIN GAFFNEY, ) ) Respondent. ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS (DOC. NO. 1) August 21, 2018 SOROKIN, J. Edward Cooley, a prisoner at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he raises two challenges to his convictions and sentences. The respondent has opposed the petition. Because his claims are meritless, Cooley’s petition is…