U.S. EX REL. LEYVA v. WALLS

No. 02 C 2907.

230 F.Supp.2d 847 (2002)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Esmelix LEYVA, Petitioner, v. Jonathan WALLS, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

November 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esmalix Leyva, Pontiac, IL pro se.

Domenica A. Osterberger, Ill. Atty. General's office, Chicago, IL, for Jonathan Walls.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Esmelix Leyva was convicted in Illinois state court of home invasion and attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault of his girlfriend's daughter. He appealed, lost, and filed a petition for leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court, which was denied. He files a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising four claims: (1) that the state trial court abused...

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