Ex parte Thomas

MAIN, Justice.

Charleston D. Thomas, an inmate, filed a petition for postconviction relief under Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. The Jefferson Circuit Court summarily dismissed the petition. The Court of Criminal Appeals, by unpublished memorandum, affirmed the summary dismissal of Thomas’s petition, concluding that Thomas’s Rule 32 petition was untimely because, at the time he filed his Rule 32 petition, Thomas had not paid the filing fee or filed a request to proceed informa pauperis. Thomas v. State (No. CR-12-0966, Jan. 30, 2015), 207 So.3d 773 (Ala.Crim.App.2015) (table). Thomas petitioned this…