Wand v. State of Wisconsin
Filing
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ORDER signed by Judge J.P. Stadtmueller on 1/10/2018 ORDERING Petitioner to file an amended petition using the required form by 2/9/2018; failure to do so will result in dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute. (Attachments: # 1 Habeas 2254 Petition Form) (cc: all counsel, via mail to Jeremy L. Wand at Green Bay Correctional Institution)(jm)
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2254
BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY
INSTRUCTIONS---READ CAREFULLY
1.
Use This Form – If you are a person currently serving or will serve a sentence entered by a state court
and you are asking for relief from the conviction or the sentence.
Do Not Use This Form – *IF YOU ARE CHALLENGING YOUR FEDERAL CONVICTION OR
SENTENCE. INSTEAD, USE THE FORM ENTITLED “MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255 TO
VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR
CORRECT SENTENCE BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.” IF 28
U.S.C. § 2255 IS INADEQUATE OR INEFFECTIVE TO TEST THE LEGALITY OF YOUR DETENTION,
USE THE FORM ENTITLED “APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PURSUANT TO 28
U.S.C. § 2241 BY A PERSON IN CUSTODY.”
*IF YOU ARE A PRETRIAL DETAINEE CHALLENGING YOUR PRE-CONVICTION CUSTODY, A
FEDERAL PRISONER CHALLENGING THE EXECUTION OF YOUR SENTENCE OR AN ACTION
TAKEN BY THE BUREAU OF PRISONS, OR A PERSON IN CUSTODY CHALLENGING AN
IMMIGRATION-RELATED ORDER (OTHER THAN A REMOVAL ORDER), OR IN OTHER
SITUATIONS WHERE RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2254 OR 28 U.S.C. § 2255,
OR IF 28 U.S.C. § 2255 IS INADEQUATE OR INEFFECTIVE TO TEST THE LEGALITY OF YOUR
DETENTION, USE THE FORM ENTITLED “APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2241 BY A PERSON IN CUSTODY.”
2.
Readable – You may either type or neatly handwrite the information on the following form. It must be
readable.
3.
Signed Under Penalty of Perjury – To submit your petition, it must be signed. Your signature indicates
that the petition is signed "under penalty of perjury.” This means that any false statement of a material
fact presented in your petition may serve as a basis for prosecution and conviction for perjury. Your
signature does not have to be witnessed by a notary public. The petition may also be signed by a
person authorized to sign it for you, such as an attorney.
4.
Copies and Proper Court – When the petition is fully completed, you must mail the original to: Clerk
of Court, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI 53202.
5.
All Grounds – You must include all grounds for relief in this petition and the facts supporting each
ground for relief. If you fail to do so, you may be prevented from presenting additional grounds at a later
date.
6.
Legal Citations and Arguments – You must answer all applicable questions. However, you should
not cite to legal authorities (i.e., case law or statutes) on this form. If you submit a supporting
memorandum in addition to this form, it must not exceed fifteen (15) pages. Excess pages will not be
considered.
7.
Fee – You must either (a) pay the filing fee of $5.00 or (b) if you do not have the $5.00, you may request
permission to proceed in forma pauperis (as a poor person), in which event you must complete and sign
the petition and affidavit attached to this petition and have an authorized officer at the penal institution
complete and sign the attached certificate. You must also have an authorized officer attach a printout
of your prison trust account statement activity for the six months prior to the filing of your petition.
8.
Prisoner E-Filing Program – Inmates confined at Dodge Correctional Institution, Green Bay
Correctional Institution, Waupun Correctional Institution, Wisconsin Secure Program Facility,
Columbia Correctional Institution, and Oshkosh Correctional Institution must submit all correspondence
and case filings, including the habeas petition and any in forma pauperis petition, to institution staff for
filing.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
, Petitioner,
Full N am e (under w hich you w ere convicted)
Prisoner N um ber
Docket No.
(to be supplied by Clerk)
Place of C onfinem ent
vs.
,
Respondent.
Authorized Person H aving C ustody of Petitioner
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2254
BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY
Caution: THIS IS NOT THE FORM TO BE USED, IF YOU CLAIM THAT YOUR FEDERAL SENTENCE
OR CONVICTION IS UNLAWFUL, OR IF YOU ARE A PRETRIAL DETAINEE CHALLENGING YOUR
PRECONVICTION CUSTODY, A FEDERAL PRISONER CHALLENGING THE EXECUTION OF YOUR
SENTENCE OR AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE BUREAU OF PRISONS, OR A PERSON IN CUSTODY
CHALLENGING AN IMMIGRATION-RELATED ORDER.
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I.
SUBJECT OF THIS PETITION
A. Name and location of the state court that entered the judgment of conviction which you are
challenging
B. Criminal docket or case number
C. Date of the judgment of conviction
D. Date of sentencing
E. Length of sentence
F. In this case, were you convicted on more than one count or of more than one crime?
G Yes
G No
G. Identify all crimes of which you were convicted and sentenced in this case
H. What was your plea? (C heck one)
G Not guilty
G Guilty
G Insanity plea
G Nolo contendere (no contest)
If you entered a guilty plea to one count or charge and a not guilty plea to another count or charge,
what did you plead guilty to and what did you plead not guilty to?
I.
If you went to trial, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one)
G Jury
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G Judge only
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SUBJECT OF THIS PETITION - c o ntin u e d
J. Did you testify at a pretrial hearing, trial, or a post-trial hearing?
G Yes
G No
If yes, state the type(s) of hearing or proceeding
II.
DIRECT STATE APPEAL OF CONVICTION
A. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your appeal and answer the following questions:
1. Date of filing appeal
2. Grounds raised
3. Result
4. Date
B. Did you seek further review by the highest state court?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your petition for review and answer the following questions:
1. Date of filing of petition for review
2. Grounds raised
3. Result
4. Date
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DIRECT STATE APPEAL OF CONVICTION - c o ntin u e d
C. Did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your petition for certiorari and answer the following
questions:
1. Date of filing petition for certiorari
2. Grounds raised
3. Result
4. Date
III. STATE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF OTHER THAN DIRECT APPEAL
A. Other than the appeals listed above in Section II, have you previously filed any other state petitions,
applications, or motions concerning this state judgment of conviction?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your application for state post-conviction relief and answer
the following questions:
1. Name of court
2. Docket or case number
3. Date of filing
4. Type of petition, application, or motion filed
5. Grounds raised
6. Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
7. Result
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STATE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF OTHER THAN DIRECT APPEAL- c o n tin u e d
8. Date
9. Did you appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your first
state petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
B. If you filed a second petition, application, or motion, attach the decision and answer the following
questions:
1. Name of court
2. Docket or case number
3. Date of filing
4. Type of petition, application, or motion filed
5. Grounds raised
6. Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
7. Result
8. Date
9. Did you appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your second
state petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
C. If you filed a third petition, application, or motion, attach the decision and answer the following
questions:
1. Name of court
2. Docket or case number
3. Date of filing
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STATE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF OTHER THAN DIRECT APPEAL- c o n tin u e d
4. Type of petition, application or motion filed
5. Grounds raised
6. Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
7. Result
8. Date
9. Did you appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your third
state petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
IV. GROUNDS FOR RELIEF
For this petition, state every ground supporting your claim that you are being held in violation of the
Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. If you fail to set forth all the grounds in this petition,
you may be barred from presenting additional grounds at a later date.
Attach additional pages if you have more than four grounds. State the facts supporting each ground.
CAUTION: To proceed in the federal court, you must ordinarily first exhaust (u s e up ) your available statecourt remedies on each ground on which you request action by the federal court.
Ground One
Supporting FACTS (Briefly sum m arize the facts w ithout citing cases or law .)
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GROUNDS FOR RELIEF - c o n tin u e d
If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground One, explain why.
Ground Two
Supporting FACTS (Briefly sum m arize the facts w ithout citing cases or law .)
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GROUNDS FOR RELIEF - c o n tin u e d
If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Two, explain why.
Ground Three
Supporting FACTS (Briefly sum m arize the facts w ithout citing cases or law .)
If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Three, explain why.
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Ground Four
Supporting FACTS (Briefly sum m arize the facts w ithout citing cases or law .)
If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Four, explain why.
V.
PRIOR FEDERAL CHALLENGES
A. Have you previously filed any type of petition, application, or motion in a federal court regarding the
state conviction that you are challenging in this petition?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your prior federal court challenge and answer the following
questions:
1. Name of court
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PRIOR FEDERAL CHALLENGES - c o ntin u e d
2. Docket or case number
3. Date of filing
4. Type of petition, application, or motion filed
5. Grounds raised
6. Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion?
G Yes
G No
7. Result
8. Date
9. Did you appeal the action taken on your first federal petition, application, or motion to a federal
court of appeals?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your appeal and answer the following questions:
a. Name of court
b. Docket or case number
c. Date of filing
d. Type of petition, application, or motion filed
e. Grounds raised
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PRIOR FEDERAL CHALLENGES - c o ntin u e d
f.
Result
g. Date
B. Did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court?
G Yes
G No
If yes, attach the decision(s) that resolved your petition for certiorari and answer the following
questions:
1. Date of filing petition for certiorari
2. Grounds raised
3. Result
4. Date
VI. REPRESENTATION
A. Give the name and address of each attorney who represented you in the following:
1. At preliminary hearing
2. At arraignment and plea hearing
3. At trial
4. At sentencing
5. On direct appeal
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REPRESENTATION - continued
6. In any state post-conviction proceeding
7. On appeal from any ruling against you in a state post-conviction proceeding
VII. REQUEST FOR RELIEF
State exactly what you want the court to do for you.
VIII. DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
I, the undersigned, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing information is true and
correct.
Signed this
day of
, 20
.
Signature of Petitioner
(Signature of lawyer, if any)
If you are signing the petition and are not the petitioner, state your relationship to the petitioner and explain
why the petitioner is not signing this petition.
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IX. CERTIFICATE OF INMATE MAILING - Optional
If you deposit your petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in your
prison/institutional/jail mailing system and attach first-class postage pre-paid, and complete and sign this
statement, you will establish the filing date as the date of deposit in that mailing system.
I, the undersigned, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that I placed this petition for a writ of habeas
corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the prison/institutional/jail mailing system with prepaid, first-class
postage on
.
(m onth, day, year)
Signed this
day of
, 20
Signature of Petitioner
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