Valladares v. Melvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BERLY VALLADARES, ) ) Petitioner, ) 17 C 1000 ) vs. ) Judge Gary Feinerman ) MICHAEL MELVIN, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Berly Valladares, an Illinois prisoner serving a seventy-year sentence for first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. 1. After the Warden moved to dismiss the petition for failure to exhaust, Doc. 6, Valladares voluntarily dismissed the unexhausted claims, Doc. 14 at 3; Doc. 15. As…