Oxendale v. Corpening

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION CASE NO. 1:18-cv-00241-MR ARTHUR LEE OXENDALE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) MEMORANDUM OF ) DECISION AND ORDER HUBERT CORPENING, ) ) Respondent. ) _______________________________ ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Petitioner’s Petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus [Doc. 1] and the Petitioner’s Motion for Writ of Mandamus [Doc. 5]. I. BACKGROUND Arthur Lee Oxendale (the “Petitioner”) is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina who pled guilty in Rutherford County Superior Court in August…