Higgins v. Blades

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO GREGORY R. HIGGINS, JR., Petitioner, Case No. 1:15-cv-00483-DCN v. MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RANDY E. BLADES, Respondent. On October 13, 2015, Petitioner Gregory R. Higgins, Jr., filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus challenging his state court conviction. Dkt. 3. The Petition contained one claim—that the state district court abused its discretion imposing a fixed life sentence without the possibility of parole—but it also included the following statement of Petitioner’s intent: “After stay and abeyance, I [will] provide federal…