McCants v. Silva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ____________________________________ ) OWEN McCANTS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 19-11006-LTS ) STEVEN SILVA, ) ) Respondent. ) ) ORDER DISMISSING PETITION (DOC. NO. 1) May 1, 2019 SOROKIN, J. Owen McCants, a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Norfolk, Massachusetts, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because the petition is untimely, it is DISMISSED. I. BACKGROUND In May and November of 1974, juries in Suffolk County Superior Court convicted McCants…