Mata v. Brannon

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROBERTO MATA (#R-41813), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 12-cv-01376 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood CHRISTINE BRANNON, Warden, ) Hill Correctional Center, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Roberto Mata, a prisoner at Hill Correctional Center proceeding pro se, initiated this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

in 2012, challenging his state court convictions for murder and aggravated battery. The case was subsequently stayed while Mata exhausted the state court…