U.S. EX REL. RUSSELL v. GAETZ

No. 08 C 1814.

628 F.Supp.2d 820 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Walter RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. Donald GAETZ, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent.

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

June 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Young, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Charles Redfern, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

On March 28, 2008, Walter Russell filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to vacate his 2004 conviction for first degree murder and attempted murder. Russell is presently incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center, where Donald Gaetz is the warden.1 He raises six claims for relief: 1) that the state appellate courts denied him a "rational" and...

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