Bean v. Clarke

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division CHRISTOPHER ALAN BEAN, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 3:22CV601 HAROLD W. CLARKE, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION Christopher Alan Bean, a Virginia state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“§ 2254 Petition,” ECF No. 1) challenging his conviction in the Circuit Court for the County of Dinwiddie, Virginia (“Circuit Court”). Respondent moves to dismiss, inter alia, on the ground that the one-year statute of limitations governing federal habeas petitions bars the §…