Lewis v. Clarke

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION JAMES NELSON LEWIS, ) ) Petitioner, ) CASE NO. 7:20CV00421 ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) HAROLD CLARKE, ) By: Hon. Thomas T. Cullen ) United States District Judge Respondent. ) James Nelson Lewis (“Lewis” or “Petitioner”), a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2016 convictions in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court for abduction, aggravated malicious wounding, strangulation, use of a firearm in the commission of abduction,…