WELCH v. MICKENS

Filing 7

ORDER granting 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis filed by MARIA DAPHNE WIGGINS WELCH. Compliance due by 12/20/2016. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 10/20/16. (jlm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
MARIA DAPHNE WIGGINS WELCH, )
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Petitioner,
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v.
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SUE MICKENS,
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Respondent.
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CV416-271

ORDER
Petitioner Maria Daphne Wiggins Welch has filed a 28 U.S.C. §
2254 petition. Proceeding pro se , she endeavors to attack a judgment of
conviction entered by the Chatham County Superior Court on February
8, 2014. Doc. 1 at 1. As she appears to be indigent, her motion for leave
to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby GRANTED . Doc. 2.
Beginning December 1, 2015, the Attorney General for the State of
Georgia has agreed to accept electronic service of § 2254 petitions on
behalf of respondents, effective upon the entry of an Order directing a
response to the petition. See MC415-022 (General Order entered Dec. 3,
2015, with attached Memorandum of Understanding between this Court
and the Georgia Attorney General). Pursuant to that agreement, the

Court hereby ORDERS the respondent to file a response and to show
cause why the relief sought should not be granted within 60 days of this
Order’s entry on the docket. The answer shall conform to the
requirements of Rule 5 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in the
United States District Courts. Unless a preliminary dismissal motion
obviates the need to do so, respondent shall furnish with the answer a
copy of any trial transcripts, the transcripts of any state habeas corpus
proceedings and orders of the state court denying the writ, and, if the
petitioner appealed from the judgment of conviction or from an adverse
judgment or order in a post-conviction proceeding, a copy of all appellate
briefs and the opinion of the appellate court, if any.

SO ORDERED, this 20th day of October, 2016.

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L'I1TED STATES MAMMA= JIJDGE
SOUTI-IERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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