Yeats v. Dotson, No. 3:2024cv00296 - Document 6 (E.D. Va. 2024)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge M. Hannah Lauck on 06/12/2024. (Kski, )
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Yeats v. Dotson Doc. 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division KILLIAN YEATS, Petitioner, Civil Action No. 3:24cv296 V. CHADWICK DOTSON Respondent. MEMOIUVNDUM OPINION Petitioner, a Virginia prisoner proceeding pro se, submitted a Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief from Judgment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. (ECF No. 1 (capitalization coiTected).) I'hc Western District construed the motion as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition and transferred it to this Court. (ECF No. 2.) By Memorandum Order entered on April 26, 2024, the Court directed Petitioner, within thirty (30) days of the date of entry thereof, to complete and return the standardized form for filing a § 2254 petition as required by Eastern District of Virginia Local Civil Rule 83.4(A). The Court warned Petitioner that the failure to comply with the above directive would result in the dismissal of the action without prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). More than thirty (30) days have elapsed since the entry of the April 26, 2024 Memorandum Order and Petitioner has not responded. Accordingly, the action will be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. A certificate of appealability will be DENIED. An appropriate Order will accompany this Memorandum Opinion. Date: CollSloCSK Richmond, Virginia M. MannalrLMc|:^ United States District Judge Dockets.Justia.com
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