Vines v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEONIE M. BRINKEMA, District Judge.

Calvin Jermaine Vines, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his conviction in the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, Virginia for robbery, conspiracy to commit a felony, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and grand larceny. On April 2, 2008, respondent filed a Rule 5 Answer, Motion to Dismiss the petition, memorandum of law in support of that Motion, and Notice, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(K). Vines was given the…