Johnson v. Shelby County Detention

Filing 14

ORDER Directing Clerk to Modify Docket and Ordering Respondent to Respond to Petition. Signed by Judge Thomas L. Parker on 1/17/2019. (pab)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION

QUENTIN R. JOHNSON,
Petitioner,
v.
SHELBY COUNTY DETENTION,
Respondent.

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No. 2:17-cv-02724-TLP-tmp

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO MODIFY DOCKET AND ORDERING
RESPONDENT TO RESPOND TO PETITION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2241
Petitioner Quentin R. Johnson, booking number 376035, an inmate incarcerated at the
Shelby County Correctional Center, filed a pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28
U.S.C. § 2241 (“§ 2241 Petition”) on September 29, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner was granted
leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 7.) The Clerk shall record the Respondent as
Anthony Alexander, Interim Director of the Shelby County Division of Corrections.1
The Clerk is DIRECTED to serve a copy of the § 2241 Petition and this Order on
Respondent by certified mail pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in
the United States District Courts.2
Respondent is ORDERED to file a response to the § 2241 Petition within twenty-eight
(28) days. Petitioner may, if he chooses, submit a reply to Respondent’s Answer or response

The proper respondent to a habeas petition is the petitioner’s custodian. Rumsfeld v. Padilla,
542 U.S. 426, 434–435 (2004).
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These Rules are applicable to habeas petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See Rule 1(b), § 2254
Rules (“The district court may apply any or all of these rules to a habeas petition not covered by
Rule 1(a).”).

within twenty-eight (28) days of service. Petitioner may request an extension of time to reply if
his motion is filed on or before the due date of his response. The Court will address the merits of
the § 2241 Petition, or of any motion filed by Respondent, after the expiration of the time to
reply, as extended.
SO ORDERED, this 17th day of January, 2019.
s/Thomas L. Parker
THOMAS L. PARKER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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