Lewis v. State of Washington et al

Filing 25

ORDER that respondent supplement his original answer on or before 6/30/17. Petitioner may file and serve a supplemental response not later than 7/21/17. Respondent may file and serve a supplemental reply not later than 7/28/17. The Clerk is directed to re-note the petition for 7/28/17. Signed by Magistrate Judge J Richard Creatura. (CMG) (cc mailed to Petitioner)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 JOHN ANTHONY LEWIS, Petitioner, 11 12 13 14 CASE NO. C16-5562 RBL-JRC ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING v. ROBERT W. FERGUSON, Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his custody under a state court 17 judgment and sentence. Dkt. 8. In his petition, petitioner stated that he had not sought appellate 18 or collateral review of his state court judgment and sentence. Dkt. 8 at 3. 19 In respondent’s original answer, he argues that petitioner has not presented his claims to 20 the Washington state courts, thus, petitioner’s claims are unexhausted. Dkt. 17 at 8. However, 21 respondent contends that at the time the original answer was filed, on January 25, 2017, 22 petitioner’s claims were not procedurally barred. Id. at 8. Respondent argues that petitioner had 23 until March 9, 2017 to seek collateral review in the state courts. Id. In his traverse, petitioner 24 contends that on February 28, 2017, he mailed a petition to the Washington Supreme Court ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING - 1 1 challenging his judgment and sentence, which was treated as a personal restraint petition. Dkt. 24 2 at 14, 24-25. 3 Accordingly, the Court orders that respondent supplement his original answer (Dkt. 17) 4 and address whether petitioner sought relief by the Washington state appellate courts in a timely 5 manner and whether petitioner’s claims are procedurally barred. If petitioner’s personal restraint 6 petition is currently pending in the Washington state courts, respondent should address whether a 7 stay would be appropriate. 8 9 The supplemental answer shall be filed on or before June 30, 2017 and will be treated in accordance with LCR 7. Petitioner may file and serve a supplemental response not later than 10 July 21, 2017. Respondent may file and serve a supplemental reply not later than July 28, 2017. 11 The Clerk is directed to re-note the petition for July 28, 2017. 12 Dated this 26th day of May, 2017. A 13 14 J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING - 2

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