Bixby v. Stirling

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Steven Vernon Bixby, #6024, ) ) Civil Action No. 4:17-cv-954-BHH Petitioner, ) vs. ) ) Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, ) Amended Opinion and Order1 South Carolina Department of ) Corrections; and Willie D. Davis, ) Warden, Kirkland Reception and ) Evaluation Center, ) ) Respondents. ) Petitioner, Steven Vernon Bixby (“Petitioner”), represented by counsel and under a sentence of death, seeks habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This action is before the Court on Petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas…