Campbell v. Brown, No. 7:2018cv00277 - Document 20 (W.D. Va. 2019)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Senior Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 5/28/2019. (slt)
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CLERK' S OFFICE u.s.Dl:m COUX , 'AT DM vttE,VA FILED IN TH E U NITED STA TES DISTR ICT CO UR T FOR THE W ESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA MAt 23 2919 ROANOKE DIVISION BY 2: qHF kl A = c YjuDLe%cjM DEPUW CLER JAM ES W .CAM PBELL,SR ., Petitioner, CA SE N O .7:18CV 00277. V. M EM O M ND U M O PIN IO N TAM M Y BR O W N , By: H on.Jackson L .K iser Senior U nited States D istrictJudge R espondent. Petitioner,Jnm esW .Campbell,Sr.,aVirginiainmateproceeding :ro K ,tiled this action . asapetitionforawritofhabeascorpusunder28U.S.C.j2254.Respondenthassled amotion todismiss,rguingthatthepetitionshouldbedismissedwithoutprejudicebecausetheclaimsare unexhausted. See 28 U.S.C.j2254(b). Afterreview ofthe petition and state courtrecords available on line,lconcludethatthem otion to dismissm ustbedenied. Campbellis detained pursuant to finalorders of the Circuit Courtof AmherstCounty entered on August26,2015 (Case No.CR15015213-00) and November 9,2015 (Case No. CR15015307-00). Both oftheseconvictionsarose outofthe snmesetofcircllmstances,butat Campbell'srequest,the circuitcourtsevered the charges and he was convicted'in two separate trials. In CaseNo.CR15015213-00,afterabenchtrial,Cam pbellwasconvicted'ofmanufacturing methamphetnm ineand sentencedto 25years'imprisonm ent,with 14 yearssuspended.TheCourt Campbell v. Brown Doc. 20 ofAppealsofVirginia reversed thisconviction,and the Com monwea1th appealed. The Suprem e CourtofVirginiareversedthejudgmentofthecourtofappeals,reinstatedthecircuitcourt'sorder ofconviction,and entered finaljudgmentforthe Commonwea1th on December 14,2017. See Dockets.Justia.com Cnmpbellv.Commonwealth,791S.E.2d351(Va.App.2016),rev'd 807 S.E.2d735(Va.2017), cert.denie4,139S.Ct.421(Od.29,2018),reh'zdenied,139 S.Ct.1244(Feb.19,2019). ln CaseNo.CR15015307-00,Campbellentered acondhionalplea ofguilty to possession with intentto distributemethnmphetaminettpending theoutcome ofghisjappealofthepretrial motions.''(Resp.'sEx.B,at3(ECFNo.14-22).ThecircuitcourtsentencedCampbellto 11years inprison,concurrentwith hisotherstatesentence.TheCourtofAppealsofVirginiaaffirm ed this conviction.Cnmpbellv.Commonwealtlt817S.E.2d663(Va.App.2018).TheSupremeCourt ofVirginiarefused Cnm pbell'ssubsequentappealin thatcourton April29,2019. Campbellsigned and datedhisj2254 petition onJune 12,2018,raising thesnmeclaims for relief that llis a' ttorney presented in an attached,state courtappellate brief. Atthattime, Campbell'spetition forawritofcertiorariregafding CaseNo.CR15015213-00 wasstillpending in theUnited StatesSupreme Court,andltisappealregarding CaseNo.CR15015307-00 wasstill pending in the Suprem e CourtofVirginia. Accordingly,in October2018,Respondentm oved to dismissCampbell'spetition forfailureto exhauststatecourtremedies,withoutprejudiceto his abilitytorefilellisclaim sin anew petition afterhisappealswerecompleted.SeeSlavtonv.Smith, 404U.S.53,54(1971). Recordsavailableonlinenow indicatethat,astotheclaimsraisedin thej2254petition, asserting courterrorclaim sonly,Cnmpbellhasexhausted hisstate courtremediesby presenting the claim sto the Suprem e Courtof Virginia. See O 'Sullivan v.Boerckel,526 U .S.838,845 (1999).In addition,hiscertiormipetition isnolongerpending.Accordingly,Iconcludethatthe m otion to dism isshispetition forfailureto exhaustavailable statecourtrem ediesm ustbedenied. IwillgrantRespondent30 daysto respond to Cnm pbell'jclaim s. The Clerk isdirected to send copiesofthism em orandllm opinion and accom panying orderto theparties. ENTEREDthisW 6dayofMay2019. , x $ OR UN ITED STATES D ISTRICT JUD G E
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