CLANTON v. BLAIR

Civ. A. No. 85-0224-R.

619 F.Supp. 1491 (1985)

Earl CLANTON, Petitioner, v. Toni BLAIR, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

October 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Rawles Jones, Jr., Moffitt & Jones, Alexandria, Va., for petitioner.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Petitioner, who is incarcerated at Mecklenburg Correctional Center and is under a sentence of death imposed by the Circuit Court of Petersburg, Virginia, has by counsel petitioned the Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

In response to the Court's order to respond to the petition, respondents filed a motion to dismiss. Petitioner initially failed to respond...

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