Kolts v. Carlson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT Rein Kolts, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 2:21–cv–221–cr–kjd Thomas Carlson, Respondent. ORDER (Docs. 4, 17) Rein Kolts, proceeding pro se, petitions the Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A Vermont jury convicted Kolts of one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child in January 2017. (Doc. 5 at 2, ¶ 1.) The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on December 14, 2018. State v. Kolts,

2018 VT 131, ¶ 41, 209 Vt. 351, 370, 205 A.3d 504, 517. Since then, he has filed multiple motions for postconviction…