U.S. EX REL. HARPER v. MONTGOMERY

No. 09 C 6770.

690 F.Supp.2d 708 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Elliott HARPER, Petitioner, v. Jesse MONTGOMERY, Chief of Parole, Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondent.

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

February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott Harper, Country Club Hills, IL, pro se.

Erin Maureen O'Connell, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

Petitioner Elliott Harper has moved for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent argues that the petition should be dismissed as untimely. For the reasons set forth below, I agree.

I. Background

On May 29, 1997, Harper pled guilty to one count of first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced to twenty-four years of imprisonment, and one...

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