Thomas v. Deeds

By Judge R. Terrence Ney

This matter comes before the Court on Javaros Thomas’s Petition for the Writ of Habeas Corpus. After examining the record, the Petition, the Motion to Dismiss the Amended Petition, the Response to the Motion to Dismiss, the Supplemental Motion to Dismiss, the Response thereto, and the Reply, the Court orders that a plenary hearing shall be held on the issue of whether Mr. Thomas was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal and denies the Petition as to the remainder of the issues raised without requiring oral argument. Where the merits of…