Kates v. New York State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________________ ALEXANDER KATES, Petitioner, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 20-CV-6593 (CJS) NEW YORK STATE, Respondent. _________________________________________ Petitioner Alexander Kates (“Kates”) filed pro se the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

to challenge his 2011 conviction in the Monroe County (N.Y.) Court for attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Am. Pet., Aug. 20, 2020, ECF No. 3. The matter is presently before the Court on two motions.…