On November 25, 2013, Patrick Bradford filed his Petition for a Writ of Habeus Corpus in the United States District Court. This is essentially a federal appeal of the Indiana Supreme Court's denial of Post Conviction Relief. Patrick filed this initial Petition pro se (ie, without representation by an attorney).
On January 27, 2014, attorney Ronald Safer and Deborah Bone, of Chicago, IL, filed their appearances as Patrick's attorneys. They will file amendments to the Petition by February 27, which will include some additional issues and evidence. After that, the State of Indiana will have 20 days in which to respond (although the State is customarily granted at least two extensions).
In order further to prove Patrick's innocence, Patrick's new attorneys, who are representing him at no charge, have retained the services of the nation's best-known fire scientist, Dr. John DeHaan, of Sonoma, CA. Dr. DeHaan has been unofficially associated with our cause since 2001 and he appeared on the TV show "48 Hours: Mystery" in support of Patrick's innocence. For more information on Dr. DeHaan see: http://restorethetruth.com/science/real-science/
