Johnson v. Rankins

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ALONZO CORTEZ JOHNSON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 16-CV-433-TCK-CDL ) WILLIAM “CHRIS” RANKINS, Warden,1 ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION AND ORDER The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit remanded this case for further proceedings as to Petitioner Alonzo Cortez Johnson’s claim that he is in state custody in violation of the United States Constitution because the prosecution violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, as interpreted in Batson v. Kentucky,

476 U.S. 79

(1986), by exercising…