Blanks v. USA - 2255

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * v. * Criminal Action No. RDB-08-565 Civil Action No. RDB-16-1751 RAY BLANKS, * Defendant. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MEMORANDUM OPINION This case arises out of events in Cumberland, Maryland, on the evening of June 28, 2008. Petitioner Ray Blanks, along with Danny Jones and a third accomplice, drove to Cumberland from Petersburg, Virginia, and entered the family home of a man and a woman and her two children, demanding money and drugs. Using handguns, Blanks and his accomplices beat and bloodied the…