Gregory Chew v. Norwalk Court

Background

On February 19, 2021, the Court received and filed Petitioner Gregory Chew’s (“Petitioner”) pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Section 2254”) (“Petition”). (Pet., ECF No. 1.) The Petition alleges four grounds for federal habeas relief, and each ground contains several sub-claims, some of which are difficult to follow. (Id. at 5–10.)

In Ground One, Petitioner claims as follows: “Brady violation judicial interference on judge denying my continue motion to get all the discovery.” (Id. at 5 (grammatical errors in original).) He provides the following factual allegations: “Fact (1) witheld exclpatory evidence key in my case no DNA or GSR”; “Fact (2) Rule 32 I am denying the right to speak at sentence”; “Fact (3) Remove of all black jury”; “Fact (4) Standby counsel interfered with my defense to help please his friend the prosecutor”; “Fact (5) Peace officer false testified”; “Fact (6) Denying my pro-per fund to call witnesses and to have pencils and paper the judge and her clerk.” (Id. (grammatical and spelling errors in original).)

In Ground Two, Petitioner claims as follows: “My standby counsel interfered with the key…