Audley G. Evans v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AUDLEY G. EVANS, Case No. 5:24-cv-00959-SK Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING MOTION v. FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner Audley Evans is a former naval service member convicted of murder (and related charges) in 2005 when he was 19 years old. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, petitioner pled guilty to the crimes under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (“UCMJ”) before a general court-martial. The negotiated plea evidently allowed petitioner to avoid a death sentence, so he was…