Saunders v. Miyares

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division JOSEPH DALE SAUNDERS, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 3:22CV341 JASON S. MIYARES, ef al., Respondents. MEMORANDUM OPINION Joseph Dale Saunders, a former Virginia state prisoner proceeding pro se brings this petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his convictions and sentence in the Circuit Court of Powhatan County, Virginia (“Circuit Court”). Respondents have moved to dismiss on the grounds that, inter alia, this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the § 2254 Petition because Saunders had…