Powers v. Hooks

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION CIVIL CASE NO. 5:19-cv-00098-MR STEVEN WAYNE POWERS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) MEMORANDUM OF vs. ) DECISION AND ORDER ) ERIK A. HOOKS, Secretary of ) Department of Public Safety,1 ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Petitioner’s response to the Court’s October 12, 2020 Order. [Doc. 5]. I. BACKGROUND The Petitioner is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina. On November 2, 2009, he pled guilty in the Watauga County Superior Court to one count…