Logan v. Haslam et al

Filing 18

ORDER: Petitioner Courtney Logan, proceeding pro se, is currently incarcerated at the Wilkinson County Correction Facility in Woodville, Mississippi. Presently pending before the court are Logan's petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant t o 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Docket No. 1) and motion for order to show cause (Docket No. 6). Also pending is motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust state remedies by the respondents. (Docket No. 15). For the reasons explained more fully in the memor andum entered contemporaneously herewith, the respondents' motion to dismiss (Docket No. 15) is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, the petition is DENIED, and this action is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to refile once the petitioner has exhausted his state court remedies. The petitioner's motion for order to show cause (Docket No. 6) is DENIED. It is so ORDERED. Signed by Senior Judge John T. Nixon on 9/22/15. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.)(af)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
COURTNEY R. LOGAN #179920,

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Petitioner,
v.
BILL HASLAM, et al.,
Respondents.

No. 3:15-cv-00787
Senior Judge Nixon

ORDER
Petitioner Courtney Logan, proceeding pro se, is currently incarcerated at the Wilkinson
County Correction Facility in Woodville, Mississippi.

Presently pending before the court are

Logan’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Docket No. 1) and motion
for order to show cause (Docket No. 6). Also pending is motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust
state remedies by the respondents. (Docket No. 15).
For the reasons explained more fully in the memorandum entered contemporaneously
herewith, the respondents’ motion to dismiss (Docket No. 15) is hereby GRANTED.
Accordingly, the petition is DENIED, and this action is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE to refile once the petitioner has exhausted his state court remedies. The petitioner’s
motion for order to show cause (Docket No. 6) is DENIED.
It is so ORDERED.

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John T. Nixon
Senior United States District Judge