Legal Opinion
CRAVALHO v. Maine
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 22, 2004No. CV-03-151-B-WPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
WOODCOCK, District Judge.
On August 28, 2003, Thomas Cravalho, the Petitioner, filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking federal relief from his convictions in the State of Maine. (Docket # 1). The State of Maine (“State”) responded by filing a thirty-two page Motion to Dismiss. (Docket #4). For the reasons set forth below, this Court GRANTS the State’s Motion to Dismiss.
I. Background 1
In 1991, a Penobscot County Grand Jury indicted Mr. Cravalho on four counts: Count I, Class A gross sexual assault; Count II, Class A…
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