Stewart v. Wainwright

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ___________________________________ ) NATHANIEL A. STEWART, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 12-0509 (EGS) ) SIMON WAINWRIGHT et al., ) ) Respondents. ) __________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner, while confined at the District of Columbia Jail, initiated this action for habeas corpus relief in April 2012 because he allegedly had been “detained approximately 240 days on a parole violator warrant/detainer without . . . a substantive ‘show cause’ hearing []or a timely revocation hearing . . . .” Am.…