Copening v. Call

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION CHAD VERSHAWN COPENING, ) Petitioner, ) Case No. 7:20cv00418 ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) DAVID CALL, WARDEN, ) By: Michael F. Urbanski Respondent. ) Chief United States District Judge Chad Vershawn Copening, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2016 convictions in Martinsville Circuit Court for three counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, third offense, in violation of Virginia Code §…