Ellison v. Crow

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION WILBUR LEE ELLISON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No.: 2:20-cv-00468-MHH-HNJ ) JOHN CROW, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Wilbur Lee Ellison, acting pro se, filed this § 2254 habeas corpus action earlier this year. (Doc. 1; Doc. 14 at 3 n.4). Mr. Ellison challenges the calculation of his release date based upon his June 6, 2002, conviction in Shelby County Circuit Court for rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse. (Doc. 8 at 1-2). On July 6, 2020, the magistrate judge to whom the case was referred…