Webb v. Oddo
Filing
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ORDER - It is hereby ORDERED that the motions 4 , 9 , 21 , 23 & 24 are DISMISSED. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 7/25/17. (ki)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
KEITH BRYAN WEBB-EL,
Petitioner
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L.J. ODDO, WARDEN,
Respondent
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CIVIL NO. 1:17-CV-321
(Chief Judge Conner)
ORDER
AND NOW, this 25th day of July, 2017, upon consideration of petitioner’s
motion (Doc. 4) for the court to “exercise its title 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3) . . .
jurisdiction”, motions (Docs. 9, 21, 23) for summary judgment, and motion (Doc. 24)
for judgment on the pleadings, and the court finding that petitioner’s motions are
inappropriate and unnecessary in a habeas proceeding, because, under the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, the procedure the court should follow when entertaining
an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 begins with the
issuance of a service order, followed by the filing of a response by the person having
custody of the petitioner, the filing of a reply by the petitioner, then a hearing, if
deemed necessary by the court, and a decision, see 28 U.S.C. § 2243; see e.g., Cool v.
Pennsylvania, 2008 WL 2858310 (M.D. Pa. 2008) (finding that a motion for summary
judgment is inappropriate in a section 2254 habeas action); Ghaziaskar v. Ashcroft,
2005 WL 1138377 (M.D. Pa. 2005) (construing petitioner’s motions for judgment as a
matter of law as motions for default judgment, and denying the motions as
unauthorized by the statutory provisions and rules related to habeas corpus
proceedings); Atkins v. United States, 1990 WL 126196, *3 (“the habeas corpus
statute seems to treat the petition itself as the equivalent of a petitioner-initiated
summary judgment motion”) (citing 1 J. Liebman, Federal Habeas Corpus Practice
and Procedure § 17.3 (1988)), it is hereby ORDERED that the motions (Docs. 4, 9, 21,
23, 24) are DISMISSED.
/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania
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