Alvarez v. Brookhart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT ALVAREZ, ) ) Petitioner, ) No. 18 C 7142 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang DEANNA BROOKHART, ) Warden of Lawrence Correctional Center, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pro se petitioner Robert Alvarez filed for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 1 R. 1,2 challenging his 2014 conviction in Illinois state court for aggravated kidnapping, as well as the resulting 30-year sentence. For the reasons that follow, Alvarez’s petition is denied, and no certificate of appealability will be…