John Cornelius Gaskins v. Chadwick Dotson, et al.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division JOHN CORNELIUS GASKINS, Petitioner, v. Civil No. 3:24cv673 (DJN) CHADWICK DOTSON, et ai., Respondents. MEMORANDUM OPINION John Cornelius Gaskins (“Petitioner”), a Virginia prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“§ 2254 Petition,” ECF No. 1), contending that Respondents failed to award him all the time that he spent in pretrial custody against his Virginia sentence. Resolution of Petitioner’s claims is complicated by the fact that he spent time in custody in Maryland…