Doss v. Mays

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION HAROLD DOSS #421315, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 3:19-cv-00330 ) Judge Trauger TONY MAYS, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM Harold Doss, a pro se state prisoner, filed an amended petition for the writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. No. 23) and the respondent filed an answer. (Doc. No. 32.) The petitioner filed a reply requesting the appointment of counsel and an evidentiary hearing (Doc. No. 36), and the respondent filed a response in opposition. (Doc. No. 37.) For the following reasons, the…