Norman v. State of North Carolina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION CASE NO. 5:20-cv-00021-MR RICKY DEAN NORMAN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) MEMORANDUM OF ) DECISION AND ORDER ERIK A. HOOKS, Secretary, N.C. ) Department of Public Safety, and ) State of North Carolina, ) ) Respondents. ) _______________________________ ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment. [Doc. 9]. I. BACKGROUND Ricky Dean Norman (the “Petitioner”) is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina who was convicted by a Wilkes County Superior Court jury in August 2009 on…