Christopher Brown v. Jerry Spatny

PEARSON, J. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHER BROWN, ) CASE NO. 3:23-CV-00389 ) Petitioner, ) ) JUDGE BENITA Y. PEARSON v. ) ) JERRY SPATNY, ) MEMORANDUM OF ) OPINION AND ORDER Respondent. ) [Resolving ECF Nos. 1, 24, 28] I. INTRODUCTION Christopher Brown is serving a “forty-to-life” sentence in state prison for repeatedly raping his minor stepdaughter from 2013 to 2016. He enters a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1) under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his confinement and alleging—inter alia—juror misconduct, ineffective assistance…