COAST v. STATE OF GEORGIA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION JEROME COAST, JR., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) CV424-169 ) STATE OF GEORGIA, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ORDER AND REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Jerome Coast, Jr. has filed a petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

alleging several defects in his 2016 conviction in the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia. See generally doc. 1. He originally filed his Petition in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, which, after he filed an Amended Petition, doc. 12, transferred it to this Court. See doc. 15.…