Avery v. Genovese

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION FREDERICK A. AVERY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 3:17-cv-00255 ) Judge Trauger KEVIN GENOVESE, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM Frederick Alexander Avery, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. No. 1) and an amended petition (Doc. No. 22). The respondent filed an answer (Doc. No. 38) and the petitioner filed a reply (Doc. No. 39), followed by two supplements (Doc. Nos. 43 at 44). For the following reasons, the petitioner is not entitled to relief under…