Drake v. Director S.W. VA. Regional Jail

AT ROANOKE, VA FILED April 01, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT LAURA A. AUSTIN, CLERK FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Is/T. Taylor ROANOKE DIVISION DEPUTY CLERK TIMOTHY WAYNE DRAKE, ) Petitioner, ) Civil Action No. 7:22¢v00382 ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL ) By: Robert S. Ballou JAIL, ) United States District Judge Respondent. ) Timothy Wayne Drake, previously a Virginia inmate, filed a petition for habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2017 Bristol Circuit Court convictions for distribution of morphine. In its conditional filing…