BOYD v. SEVIER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION JAMES D. BOYD, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:22-cv-01764-JPH-TAB ) MARK SEVIER, ) ) Respondent. ) Order Dismissing Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Denying Certificate of Appealability The petitioner James D. Boyd filed the instant habeas petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his state-court conviction for child molesting in case number 90C01-0605-FA- 000003. The petition revealed that Mr. Boyd had waited nearly nine years after his conviction was final to file a petition for post-conviction…