Simmons v. Gierach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TIFFANY LYNN SIMMONS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 24-CV-796 MICHAEL GIERACH1, Respondent. DECISION AND ORDER 1. Background Tess White was found in a South Dakota field, having been murdered and then burned. State v. Simmons, 2022 WI App 49, ¶ 2, 404 Wis. 2d 509, 979 N.W.2d 807, 2022 Wisc. App. LEXIS 582. Tiffany Lynn Simmons and Shanta Pearson were arrested in Colorado following a traffic stop.

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The record before the court does not indicate how Simmons and Pearson were identified as suspects in White’s murder. When investigators…