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Timestamp: 2017-07-21 20:27:28
Document Index: 490072022

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254']

| Meadows v. Perry
ALAN LYDELL MEADOWS, Petitioner,v.FRANK L. PERRY, Respondent.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on an initial review of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. For the reasons that follow, the § 2254 petition will be dismissed.
According to the verified § 2254 petition, the Petitioner pled guilty to one felony count of larceny on or about June 6, 2013 in Gaston County Superior Court and was sentenced to a term of 17 to 21 months' imprisonment.[1] Petitioner did not file an appeal and he is presently confined in the Scotland Correctional Institution
It appears from the § 2254 petition that Petitioner did not file a motion for appropriate relief in an effort to challenge his state conviction. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty (AEDPA) provides in relevant part as follows:
There is no indication in this record that Petitioner has ever presented any challenge to his State judgment on direct appeal or through a motion for appropriate relief. Accordingly, the Court will dismiss the § 2254 petition without prejudice to Petitioner's ability to present his claim before the State court in the first instance.
Petitioner is notified that the AEDPA provides that a § 2254 petition must be filed within one year from the date Petitioner's state judgment becomes ...