Weeks v. Lewis, 1:17-CV-225-ACL. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri
Number: infdco20180226a06
Visitors: 11
Filed: Feb. 23, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 23, 2018
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ABBIE CRITES-LEONI , Magistrate Judge . Petitioner, a Missouri state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging, inter alia, a 2015 detainer entered by the State of Mississippi that may subject him to future confinement in Mississippi. Petitioner has named his present custodian as respondent, and has also named Jim Hood, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi. See Rule 2(b) of the Rules Govern
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ABBIE CRITES-LEONI , Magistrate Judge . Petitioner, a Missouri state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging, inter alia, a 2015 detainer entered by the State of Mississippi that may subject him to future confinement in Mississippi. Petitioner has named his present custodian as respondent, and has also named Jim Hood, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi. See Rule 2(b) of the Rules Governi..
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ABBIE CRITES-LEONI, Magistrate Judge.
Petitioner, a Missouri state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging, inter alia, a 2015 detainer entered by the State of Mississippi that may subject him to future confinement in Mississippi. Petitioner has named his present custodian as respondent, and has also named Jim Hood, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi. See Rule 2(b) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts1 (§ 2254 petition contesting state-court judgment that may subject petitioner to future custody must name as respondents both the officer who has current custody and the attorney general of the state where the judgment was entered).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve, by regular mail, a copy of the petition and the prior orders of this Court on Respondent Jim Hood, the Attorney General of Mississippi, P.O. Box 220, Jackson, Mississippi, 39205.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent is directed to respond to the petition within the time provided in the Case Management Order.
FootNotes
1. These Rules apply to petitions filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts.
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