District Court, S.D. West Virginia January 24, 2001, CIV.A. 5:00-0998 (Young v. Conley)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending is Petitioner’s application under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a writ of habeas corpus based on a challenge to his sentence pursuant to

Apprendi v. New Jersey,

530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). The petition was previously referred to the Honorable Mary S.