Bumpas v. State of Tennessee

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION DARRELL WAYNE BUMPAS, #210006, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:20-cv-00999 ) WARDEN KEVIN GENOVESE, ) JUDGE CAMPBELL ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION Darrell Bumpas filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

on November 18, 2020, challenging his 2016 convictions and 12-year sentence in Davidson County Criminal Court related to passing a counterfeit check. (Doc. No. 1.) In 2021, the matter was dismissed without prejudice so that Petitioner could return to…