Crawford v. Drew

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: February 8, 2011
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2011-0316
• Status: Published

Opinion

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FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FEB ~ 8 2011 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia ) JAMES B. CRAWFORD, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 11 Oalti ) D.B. DREW, ) ) Respondent. ) --------------------------~) MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter comes before the Court upon review of petitioner's application for leave to

proceed in forma pauperis and pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The application will

be granted and the petition will be dismissed.

The instant petition is substantially similar to that filed in a prior habeas action, Crawford

y. Drew, No. 09-2447, 2009 WL 5173506 (D.D.C. Dec. 30,2009), and it, too, must be dismissed

because a motion in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under D.C. Code. § 23-110 is

petitioner's means of challenging his conviction and sentence. See id. "The mere denial of relief

by the local court[] does not render the local remedy inadequate or ineffective." Id., 2009 WL

5173506, at *2 (citations omitted).

An Order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion is issued separately on this same

date.