Legal Opinion

Bonilla v. Wainwright

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 22, 2011No. 1:10-mj-00224PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

AMY BERMAN JACKSON, District Judge.

Petitioner Santos F. Bonilla, a prisoner at the D.C. Central Detention Facility (“D.C. Jail”), filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to vacate a conviction and sentence imposed by the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Respondent Simon Wainwright, warden at the D.C. Jail, has moved to dismiss petitioner’s request for lack of jurisdiction. For the reasons stated below, the motion to dismiss will be granted.

BACKGROUND

On March 27, 1998, petitioner was arrested and charged with second-degree murder…

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