Billips v. Dotson

CLERK'S OFFICE U.S. DIST. COUR’ AT ROANOKE, VA FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT September 29, 2025 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA — LAURA A. AUSTIN, CLERK ROANOKE DIVISION PY: fA. Beeson DEPUTY CLERK Matthew E. Billips, ) Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 7:24-cv-00886 Chadwick Dotson, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Matthew E. Billips, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1.) He contends that he was sentenced in 2008 to a “de facto” life sentence while a minor in violation of…