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Parties Involved:
Larry Norris
Defendant
Howard Powell
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

HOWARD POWELL

ADC #127977 PETITIONER

VS. 5:05CV00309 WRW/JTR

LARRY NORRIS, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

ORDER

 Petitioner, an inmate at the Pine Bluff Work Complex of the Arkansas Department of

Correction, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Docket entry

#2.) The Court did not order service of the Petition because Petitioner neither paid the $5.00 filing

fee nor qualified to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docket entry #3.) 

Petitioner has now paid the filing fee (docket entry #5), and the Court will, therefore, order

service of the Petition.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of the habeas Petition (docket entry

#2) and this Order on Respondent and the Arkansas Attorney General by mail.

2. Respondent shall file a responsive pleading within twenty (20) days of service. 

Respondent is directed to Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases with regard to the

required contents of an Answer.

Dated this 13th day of December, 2005.

 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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