Buchanan v. Wall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND ______________________________ ) CHRISTIAN BUCHANAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 20-120 WES ) A.T. WALL1, ) ) Defendant. ) ______________________________) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge. Before the Court is the State of Rhode Island’s Motion to Dismiss the Petition of Christian Buchanan for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a person in state custody under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the following reasons, the Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 5, is GRANTED, and the Petition for Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED and…