Sepulveda v. Thoms

Respondent Maryellen Thoms appeals a district court order granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by this federal prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This case was held in abeyance pending a decision in the Supreme Court’s ease of Lopez v. Davis, No. 99-7504, and this court’s case of Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974. These cases have now been decided. See Lopez v. Davis, 531 U.S. 230, 121 S.Ct. 714, 718, 148 L.Ed.2d 635 (2001); Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974 (6th Cir. April 5, 2001) (unpublished order).

Upon consideration, we conclude that the district court is in a better position to…