Gordon v. Hodge

Filing 12

ORDER & OPINION Entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 2/12/13: THEREFORE, the two claims listed above are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). IT IS SO ORDERED. (cc: petitioner) (TK, ilcd)

E-FILED

Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 03:19:27 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA DIVISION
JAMES GORDON,
Petitioner,
v.
MARC HODGE, Warden, Lawrence
Correctional Center,
Respondent.

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Case No. 13-cv-1003

ORDER & OPINION
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). Petitioner was ordered to file a
supplemental brief providing basic facts necessary for Respondent to respond to two
of his claims, or face dismissal of these claims. (Order & Opinion, Doc. 9 at 5-6). The
claims are 1) Count IX, a claim of a coerced guilty plea, and 2) the argument that
recordings of his conversations with a fellow inmate violated his Sixth Amendment
rights, which was not a separately enumerated count. Petitioner failed to file the
ordered brief despite having been given ample time to respond. Therefore, the two
claims listed above are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE for failure to prosecute
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). IT IS SO ORDERED.

Entered this 12th day of February, 2013.
s/ Joe B. McDade
JOE BILLY McDADE
United States Senior District Judge