Legal Opinion

Smith v. Kennedy

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 25, 2019No. 1:19-cv-00027Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PAUL SMITH, B64568, Petitioner, No. 19 C 0027 v. Judge Thomas M. Durkin TERI KENNEDY, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pro se petitioner Paul Smith seeks a writ of habeas corpus. The Warden moved to dismiss Smith’s petition as untimely [R. 12]. For the following reasons, the Warden’s motion is granted and the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability. Background In 2008, Smith was convicted in Illinois state court of aggravated battery with a firearm…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Pace v. DiGuglielmoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. United States v. James Marcello and Anthony ZizzoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Tucker v. KingstonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. Willie Freeman v. James H. Page, Warden, Stateville Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000

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