Bell v. Warden FCI Dublin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ROBERTA RONIQUE BELL, Case No. 17-CV-07346-LHK

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS UNDER

v. 28 U.S.C. § 2241

WARDEN FCI DUBLIN, Re: Dkt. No. 1 Respondent. 17 Before the Court is Petitioner Roberta Ronique Bell’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1 (“Petition”). Having considered the parties’ submissions, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court DENIES the instant Petition. I. OVERVIEW This Order’s legal analysis is interwoven with a lengthy and complex procedural history. Thus, the Court provides an overview of the history and the issues in this case. In 1992, Petitioner Roberta Ronique Bell (“Petitioner”)—and her federal co-defendant Willie Tyler—beat, stabbed, and killed Doreen Proctor by shooting her in the chest and head. Petitioner and Willie Tyler killed Proctor on the morning Proctor…