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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

AMY R. ROBERTSON PETITIONER

v. Case No. 5:16-cv-00185-KGB/JTR

WENDY KELLEY, Director

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition submitted by United States 

Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray (Dkt. No. 7). Through informal communications with counsel, 

the Court has been informed that Respondent Wendy Kelley does not object to the 

Recommended Disposition. After careful consideration, the Court concludes that the 

Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its entirety as this 

Court’s findings in all respects. Judgment will be entered accordingly.

It is therefore ordered that this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

is granted (Dkt. No. 2). The judgment of conviction and sentence of the Polk County Circuit 

Court in State of Arkansas v. Amy R. Robertson, Case No. CR-2012-151, is vacated. Respondent 

is ordered to release immediately Ms. Robertson from custody. 

Respondent must file a notice with this Court when Ms. Robertson has been released. 

Further, Respondent must file, within 30 days of entry of this Order, documentation confirming 

that the Polk County Circuit Court’s records reflect the vacatur of Ms. Robertson’s conviction 

and sentence in Case No. CR-2012-151. 

So ordered this the 11th day of July, 2016.

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Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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