FIELDS v. STATE OF INDIANA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION KIMBERLY JO FIELDS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-01601-JRS-DML ) STATE OF INDIANA, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Petitioner Kimberly Fields filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging her 2017 Indiana state court convictions for fraud, operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in the body, and theft. The respondent has moved to dismiss the petition, arguing that Ms. Fields has failed to exhaust her state court remedies. Indeed,…