Chanc E. Copeland v. Martinez Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 CHANC E. COPELAND, ) Case No. 2:20-cv-03896-JVS-JC ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER (1) CONSTRUING v. ) PETITION AS 28 U.S.C. ) § 2255 MOTION; AND FELIPE MARTINEZ, JR., ) (2) DISMISSING PETITION AND ) ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE Respondent. ) __________________________________ 16 I. SUMMARY On April 29, 2020, petitioner Chanc E. Copeland, who is proceeding pro se and is in federal custody in the Central District of California (“CDCA”), filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody (28 U.S.C. § 2241) (“Petition”). Petitioner, who pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (“WDMO District Court”) in Case No. 4:12-cr-00146 (“WDMO Case”), challenges his conviction and sentence in the WDMO Case, essentially claiming that his plea “was not knowingly and intelligently made,” and that he did not possess the firearms in issue. …