Jones v. Connecticut Commissioner of Correction

Full title: RONNIE JONES, Petitioner v. CONNECTICUT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION…

Court: United States District Court, D. Connecticut

Date published: Aug 10, 2004

Prisoner Civil No. 3:03 CV 852 (CFD) (D. Conn. Aug. 10, 2004)

Opinion

Prisoner Civil No. 3:03 CV 852 (CFD).

August 10, 2004

ORDER

CHRISTOPHER DRONEY, District Judge

On March 18, 2002, petitioner Jones filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his July 1997 state court conviction. Ronnie Jones v. Connecticut Commissioner of Correction, 3:02CV467(GLG). On June 5, 2002, Jones's motion to withdraw his petition was granted to enable Jones to exhaust his state remedies on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel.

On May 13, 2003, Jones filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his July 1997 state court conviction. The only claim Jones raises is that the jury verdict was "against the weight of the evidence," based on a challenge to the victim's inconsistent testimony and his claimed lack of credibility. Jones does not raise a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his federal habeas petition here. If Jones intends to pursue a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his federal habeas petition, he is hereby ordered to file a proposed amended petition including the ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

Any proposed amended petition must be filed by August 30, 2004. If Jones does not file a proposed amended complaint by August 30, 2004, the Court will consider only the claims currently included in his petition.

SO ORDERED.