DENBOW v. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JOSEPH A. DENBOW et al., ) ) Petitioners, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-00175-JAW ) MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ) CORRECTIONS et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS Respondents move to dismiss Petitioners’ petition for habeas corpus seeking relief for state inmates in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents contend Petitioners did not exhaust available state remedies. Because the Court concludes that the post-conviction review procedure was available in the state court, that Petitioners did not exhaust this avenue to relief, and that the…