Quinn v. State of Missouri

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall forward to petitioner the court-provided form for filing a "Petition under 28 U.S.C. 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody" (AO Form 241). FURTHER ORDERED tha t petitioner shall complete this form in its entirety and return it within thirty (30) days from the date of this Order. FURTHER ORDERED that if petitioner fails to complete and return this form within thirty days, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice and without further notice to him. Response to Court due by 2/11/2013.. Signed by District Judge Jean C. Hamilton on 1/11/13. (Attachments: # 1 2254 Petition form)(CEL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

MICHAEL QUINN,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
Respondent.

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Case No. 4:12-CV-2160-JCH

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court upon the filing of petitioner’s petition for writ of
habeas corpus [Doc. #1].
The petition for habeas relief has not been filed on a court-provided form. Both
this Court’s Local Rule 2.06(A) and Rule 2(c) of the Rules Governing Section 2254
Cases in the United States District Courts give this Court the authority to order
petitioner to amend his petition by filing it on a court-provided form. Because the
manner in which the instant petition is drafted makes it difficult to review, the Court
will order petitioner to amend it.
Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall forward to petitioner
the court-provided form for filing a "Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of
Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody" (AO Form 241).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner shall complete this form in its
entirety and return it within thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if petitioner fails to complete and return this
form within thirty days, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice and without
further notice to him.
Dated this 11th day of January, 2013.

/s/Jean C. Hamilton
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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