Defoe v. Board of Pardons and Parole

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH DAVID A. DEFOE, MEMORANDUM DECISION & Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS HABEAS PETITION v. UTAH BD. OF PARDONS & PAROLE et al., Case No. 2:18-CV-27-DN Respondents. District Judge David Nuffer Petitioner, David A. Defoe, seeks habeas-corpus relief under

28 U.S.C.S. § 2241

(2019). BACKGROUND • January 20, 1978 Utah state court gives Petitioner consecutive sentences of five-years-to-life on murder conviction and one-to-fifteen years on forgery conviction. Defoe v. Bd. of Pardons and Parole, No. 20160471-CA, slip op., at 1…