Legal Opinion
Kellum v. Pierce
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 7, 2014No. Civ. No. 11-226-SLRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Petitioner Melvin N. Kellum (“petitioner”) is a Delaware inmate in custody at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Presently before the court is petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 3) For the reasons that follow, the court will dismiss his application.
II. FACTUAL2 AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On March 10, 2006, Adrien Turner, a drug dealer, was sitting on an electrical box on a street corner in Wilmington. His brother and several other people were…
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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