SOLIS v. WATSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION ARTURO SOLIS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 2:21-cv-00462-JPH-MJD ) T. J. WATSON, ) ) Respondent. ) ENTRY DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL, DISMISSING ACTION, AND DIRECTING ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT As part of the sentence imposed in a criminal case, Arturo Solis was ordered to pay a fine. After the offense conduct occurred but before the sentence was imposed, Congress amended the statute that authorized the fine to extend the length of time for which a defendant may be liable for the fine. In his petition for writ of habeas…