District Court, S.D. Illinois September 13, 2018, 14 Civ. 10012 (KPF)(AJP) (Carmichael v. Chappius)

KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, United States District Judge *343On December 10, 2007, Petitioner Brian Carmichael was convicted in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, of three counts of second-degree sale of a controlled substance, for which he is now serving a seventeen-year sentence. On December 19, 2014, Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.