James E. Manley v. Keith Butts

Pyle, Judge.

Statement of the Case

James E. Manley (“Manley”), pro se, appeals the Henry Circuit Court’s order dismissing his petition for writ of state habeas corpus as an unauthorized successive petition for post-conviction relief. Manley contends that his petition was not an unauthorized successive petition for post-conviction relief and that, even if it were, the Henry Circuit Court should have transferred it to his court of conviction in Monroe County. Because Manley’s habeas petition is challenging the validity of his convictions and sentence and because Indiana Post-Conviction Rule…