From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Powell v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA BRUNSWICK DIVISION
May 6, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV212-194 (S.D. Ga. May. 6, 2013)

Summary

finding petitioner did not exhaust state remedies when ability to seek writ of mandamus from Georgia Supreme Court remained and motion for new trial was pending for four years

Summary of this case from Marshall v. Coffee Corr. Facility

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV212-194

05-06-2013

WILLIAM H. POWELL, Petitioner, v. STANLEY WILLIAMS, Warden, Respondent.


ORDER

After an independent and de novo review of the entire record, the undersigned concurs with the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, to which two (2) sets of Objections have been filed. In his Objections, Petitioner William Powell ("Powell") asserts that the lengthy delay by the state court in entering a ruling on his motion for a new trial is sufficient to show that the state remedies process is insufficient. As the Magistrate Judge noted, that is a correct statement of the law. However, Powell fails to show that the state process has been ineffective in this case. The Court notes that Powell's motion for a new trial has been pending in the state court for more than four (4) years. A hearing was to be held on this motion on April 26, 2013, (Doc. No. 37), and a ruling on this motion should be forthcoming relatively soon. Powell can then continue to exhaust his state remedies before filing another 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in federal court.

Powell's Objections are overruled. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court. Respondent's Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. Powell's petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, is DISMISSED, without prejudice. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter the appropriate judgment of dismissal.

________________________

LISA GODBEY WOOD, CHIEF JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA


Summaries of

Powell v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA BRUNSWICK DIVISION
May 6, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV212-194 (S.D. Ga. May. 6, 2013)

finding petitioner did not exhaust state remedies when ability to seek writ of mandamus from Georgia Supreme Court remained and motion for new trial was pending for four years

Summary of this case from Marshall v. Coffee Corr. Facility

finding petitioner did not exhaust state remedies when ability to seek writ of mandamus from Georgia Supreme Court remained and motion for new trial was pending for four years

Summary of this case from Vaughns v. Berry

finding petitioner did not exhaust state remedies when ability to seek writ of mandamus from Georgia Supreme Court remained and motion for new trial was pending for four years

Summary of this case from Vaughns v. Berry
Case details for

Powell v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM H. POWELL, Petitioner, v. STANLEY WILLIAMS, Warden, Respondent.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA BRUNSWICK DIVISION

Date published: May 6, 2013

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV212-194 (S.D. Ga. May. 6, 2013)

Citing Cases

Vaughns v. Berry

Furthermore, Petitioner has not exhausted state remedies because he has not prompted the trial court for a…

Vaughns v. Berry

Regardless, Petitioner has not exhausted state remedies because he has not prompted the trial court for a…