Bradley v. Skeen

WATKINS, District Judge.

The petitioner, Woodrow B. Bradley, has filed in this court a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner seeks to proceed in this matter in forma pauperis. Although the petition fails to set forth the fact, it is apparent that movant is serving a state sentence and is confined in West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, within the jurisdiction of this court.

To invoke the jurisdiction of this court the petitioner must show that he has exhausted the remedies available to him in the courts of West Virginia. This exhaustion of state remedies…