Beck v. Angelone

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

PRINCE, United States Magistrate Judge.

Virginia state inmate Christopher James Beck (“Beck”) brings this petition seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1999). The matter was referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and (C), Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 72 of the Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The respondent, the Virginia Department of Corrections (“Respondent”), has answered and moved to…