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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA COYE BOND TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM FOX, Warden, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING AND AFFIRMING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE I. Background Civil Action No. 5:08CV87 (STAMP)

The petitioner, Coye Bond Taylor, an inmate at Saint Marys Correctional Center, was convicted on May 9, 1997, of sexual assault in the first degree, sexual assault in the second degree, and sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian. The

petitioner was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Lewis County, West Virginia, to a term of 16-45 years. The petitioner filed a direct

appeal, which the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused on February 18, 1998. Thereafter, on June 19, 2000, the petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction habeas corpus relief in state court. petition was denied on March 31, 2006. That

The petitioner then

appealed the denial of his habeas corpus relief on all grounds, which the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused on January 10, 2008. On March 17, 2008, the petitioner filed the current petition before this Court under 28 U.S.C.

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