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JEFFERSON v. DUNCAN

No. 14 C 1515.

WALTER JEFFERSON, B31401, Petitioner, v. STEPHEN DUNCAN, Warden, Lawrence Correctional Center, Respondent.

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

January 16, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Jefferson, United States of America, ex rel., Petitioner, Pro Se.

Marc Hodge, Respondent, represented by Russell K Benton, Illinois Attorney General's Office.

Service List,, represented by Chief of Criminal Appeals, Attorney General's Office.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Petitioner Walter Jefferson is serving a 60-year sentence for first-degree murder and armed robbery after pleading guilty on February 28, 1992. On February 26, 2014, Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on three grounds: (1) the confession he signed was the product of coercion, as Petitioner was held in custody for...

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