Owens v. Wills

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Gregory Owens, (R72372), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 19 C 8233 v. ) ) Judge John Robert Blakey Frank Lawrence, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Gregory Owens, a prisoner incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center, brings this pro se habeas corpus action pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his 2008 murder conviction from the Circuit Court of Cook County. For the reasons explained below, the Court denies the petition on the merits and declines to issue a…