McGee v. Hacker, No. 4:2023cv00923 - Document 3 (E.D. Mo. 2023)
Court Description: OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (See Full Order) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send to petitioner a copy of the Court's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 form. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner must file an amended 28 U.S.C. § ; 2254 petition within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this order. The amended petition should not include any exhibits or supplements. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within the amended petition, petitioner shall set forth his efforts at exhau sting his administrative remedies. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send to petitioner a copy of the Court's motion to proceed in forma pauperis form. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner shall either submit a motion for l eave to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $5 filing fee within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if petitioner fails to comply with this Order, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice. (Response to Court due by 8/22/2023) Signed by District Judge Henry Edward Autrey on 8/1/2023. (Attachments: # 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, # 2 Motion to Proceed IFP) (HMA)
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McGee v. Hacker Doc. 3 Case: 4:23-cv-00923-PLC Doc. #: 3 Filed: 08/01/23 Page: 1 of 4 PageID #: 40 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KEVIN D. MCGEE, Petitioner, v. DENISE HACKER, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 4:23-CV-923 PLC OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter comes before the Court on review of petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed below, petitioner will be ordered to file an amended petition on a Court form. He will also be directed to either file a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee. Discussion Petitioner is a self-represented litigant who is currently in custody at the Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center in Farmington, Missouri. On July 21, 2023, he filed a handwritten petition for writ of habeas corpus titled “Motion for RSMo § 552.040 Conditional Release and Affidavit of Service and/or Rule 91. Movant’s Reply Brief and Subsequent Argument.” In his application for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner asserts that he is litigating his 1988 conviction and sentence for flourishing a deadly weapon and third-degree assault. However, in direct contravention of his assertion, petitioner then states that he did not receive a sentence for his criminal claims, but he instead pled Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI). Petitioner has not cited to the criminal case or indicated the state court docket number in his petition relating to the alleged NGRI action. Dockets.Justia.com Case: 4:23-cv-00923-PLC Doc. #: 3 Filed: 08/01/23 Page: 2 of 4 PageID #: 41 Due to the assertions within the petition, it is difficult for the Court to decipher petitioner’s arguments and how they purportedly relate to an action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Consequently, the Court is not confident whether the instant filing is petitioner’s attempt to file a new petition for habeas corpus or if his intention is to file a motion for reconsideration or an appeal in one of his previously closed cases or a reply brief in a state action. 1 Additionally, the instant application for writ of habeas corpus is missing relevant procedural information about petitioner’s case. It is unclear what state case he is attempting to challenge and the appropriate grounds for challenging the action. Furthermore, if indeed petitioner is attempting to challenge a 1988 conviction, he has not indicated why he believes his habeas action to be timely. As such, the Court will direct the Clerk of Court to send to petitioner a copy of the Court’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 form. If petitioner is intending to file a new petition for habeas corpus, he must fill out the form in its entirety and return it to the Court. See E.D. Mo. L.R. 2.06(A) (“All actions brought by self-represented plaintiffs or petitioners should be filed on Court-provided forms”). Petitioner should not include any exhibits or attachments to the Court’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 form. Petitioner is advised that in filling out his § 2254 form, he must make clear the conviction he is challenging. If petitioner is seeking conditional or unconditional release from confinement 1 Petitioner has previously sought habeas corpus relief in this Court on multiple occasions. See, e.g., McGee v. Reeves, 4:97-CV-1703 FRB (E.D. Mo. 1997); McGee v. State of Missouri, 4:97-CV-1935 FRB (E.D. Mo. 1997); McGee v. Limbaugh, 4:97-CV-2299 TIA (E.D. Mo. 1997); McGee v. Limbaugh, 4:97-2384 CAS (E.D. Mo. 1997); McGee v. Menditto, 4:04-CV-139 CAS (E.D. Mo. 2004); McGee v. Menditto, 4:05-CV-528 FRB (E.D. Mo. 2005); McGee v. Ring, 4:09-CV-821 CAS (E.D. Mo. 2009); McGee v. Schmitt, 4:16-CV-1093 CEJ (E.D. Mo. 2016); McGee v. Stringer, 4:17-CV-258 ACL (E.D. Mo. 2017); McGee v. Schmitt, 4:17-CV2366 NCC (E.D. Mo. 2017); McGee v. Hacker, 4:19-CV-1205 HEA (E.D. Mo. 2019); McGee v. Schmidtt, 4:19-CV-3214 SRC (E.D. Mo. 2019); McGee v. Inman, 4:20-CV-345 SRC (E.D. Mo. 2020); McGee v. Inman, 4:20-CV-720 NAB (E.D. Mo. 2020); and McGee v. Hacker, 4:20-CV-1575 NAB (E.D. Mo. 2020). He recently filed a document titled, “Objection of Time-Barred Statutory Interpretation Substantial Justice Integrity of Trial Substantial Justice,” which the Court has construed as a § 2254 petition. McGee v. Hacker, 4:22-CV-604 SRW (E.D. Mo. 2022). His last two actions before the Court were McGee v. Hacker, Nos. 4:22CV-477 AGF (E.D.Mo) and 4:22-CV-891 PLC (E.D.Mo). Those cases were dismissed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) due to petitioner’s failure to comply with Court Orders. 2 Case: 4:23-cv-00923-PLC Doc. #: 3 Filed: 08/01/23 Page: 3 of 4 PageID #: 42 pursuant to Mo. Rev. Stat. § 552.040, he must demonstrate that he has exhausted his state court remedies before filing this action. See Wayne v. Missouri Bd. of Probation & Parole, 83 F.3d 994, 996 (8th Cir. 1996) (stating that a petitioner in state custody seeking relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 must first exhaust available state remedies before pursuing federal habeas relief). Petitioner will be given twenty-one (21) days in which to comply. Failure to submit an amended petition on a Court form within twenty-one (21) days will result in the dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice. The Court notes that petitioner has also failed to either pay the filing fee or file a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will direct the Clerk of Court to send to petitioner a copy of the Court’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis form. Petitioner will be given twentyone (21) days in which to return the form or pay the filing fee. Failure to comply with this order will result in the dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send to petitioner a copy of the Court’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 form. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner must file an amended 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this order. The amended petition should not include any exhibits or supplements. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within the amended petition, petitioner shall set forth his efforts at exhausting his administrative remedies. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send to petitioner a copy of the Court’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis form. 3 Case: 4:23-cv-00923-PLC Doc. #: 3 Filed: 08/01/23 Page: 4 of 4 PageID #: 43 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner shall either submit a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $5 filing fee within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if petitioner fails to comply with this Order, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice. Dated this 1st day of August, 2023. _______________________________ HENRY EDWARD AUTREY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 4
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