Cora v. Hardy

Filing 10

MEMORANDUM Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 2/3/2012:Mailed notice(srn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.)
TREMAYNE CORA #B79855,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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MARCUS HARDY,
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Respondent.
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No.

11 C 9230

MEMORANDUM ORDER
In principal part this Court’s January 5, 2012 memorandum
order (“Order”) identified what appears to be a potential
untimeliness problem that must be faced by pro se habeas
petitioner Tremayne Cora (“Cora”) in his federal challenge to his
July 2000 conviction on a first degree murder charge on which he
is currently serving a 35-year sentence.1

Because it was almost

certain that Cora’s criminal defense lawyer Lee Boyd, Jr.
(“Boyd”) would be better equipped than Cora himself to provide
the necessary input in that respect, the Order concluded with a
respectful request “that on or before January 26, 2012 attorney
Boyd provide a filing that sets out the relevant timetable from
which this Court can make the necessary calculations under
Section 2244(d).”

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In addition to that substantive matter,
identified for Cora his need to pay the nominal
applicable to this action (obviously unaware of
required amount was, Cora had also submitted an
Application). Cora has since paid the $5.

the Order also
$5 filing fee
how small the
In Forma Pauperis

Nothing but silence has since been forthcoming from
Boyd--indeed, he has not had the courtesy to respond to telephone
messages left for him by this Court’s minute clerk.

This Court

therefore converts its respectful request into an order that Boyd
appear in court at 9:15 a.m. February 13, 2012, with the
requested filing either having been delivered before that date
and time or being brought to court by Boyd.

If he were to

deliver the requested filing early enough to allow this Court to
review it and confirm that it provides the necessary information,
this Court’s minute clerk might be able to call to excuse his
personal presence on February 13.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date:

February 3, 2012

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