Opinion
1:20-CV-00084
07-12-2022
TABORIS JONES, Petitioner, v. RAYMOND BYRD, WARDEN, Respondent.
HOLMES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
ORDER
WILLIAM L. CAMPBELL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pending before the Court is Taboris Jones's pro se petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his 2015 conviction for one count of possession with intent to sell more than half a gram of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, one count of possession of marijuana, and one count of improper display of a registered license plate. See State v. Jones, No. M2015-02515-CCA-R3-CD, 2017 WL 2493684, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. June 9, 2017), perm. appeal denied, (Tenn. Nov. 16, 2017). Jones is an inmate of the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, where he is currently serving a sentence of fifteen years of imprisonment for the cocaine charge and ten days for simple possession of marijuana. Id.
Respondent Raymond Byrd has responded to the petition. (Doc. No. 16). Petitioner has filed a Reply to the Response. (Doc. No. 19). The petition is ripe for review, and this Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).
For the reasons explained more fully in the Memorandum Opinion entered contemporaneously herewith, the petition is DENIED, and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Because reasonable jurists could not disagree with the resolution of Petitioner's claims, the Court denies a Certificate of Appealability.
With regard to Petitioner's conditions of confinement allegations, the Clerk is DIRECTED to mail Petitioner a blank complaint for prisoner Section 1983 actions as well as the Court's Information Sheet entitled “How to Begin a Pro Se Civil Rights Action.”
This Order constitutes final judgment in the action.
It is so ORDERED.