Jenkins v. Harold W. Clarke

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION NICHOLAS ALAN JENKINS, ) Petitioner, ) Civil Action No. 7:23cv00403 ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) HAROLD W. CLARKE, ) By: Robert S. Ballou* Respondent. ) United States District Judge Nicholas Alan Jenkins, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2001 conviction for forcible sodomy, for which he was sentenced to 20 years in the Department of Corrections, with 19 years suspended. Following preliminary review of the…