Brown v. Hooks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION 5:18-cv-00092-FDW MARSHALL LEE BROWN, JR., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ORDER ) ERIK A. HOOKS, ) ) Respondent. ) ____________________________________) THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 4) seeking denial of Petitioner Marshall Lee Brown, Jr.’s pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. Nos. 1). I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, who, on September 8, 1977, in the Superior Court of…