Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-25 17:05:06.466976+00
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ORIG:                             01/25/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                  Case Number: OP 23-0032

                                         OP 23-0032
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 CARLOS SANCHEZ,
                                                                            JAN 2 4 2023
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               Petitioner,                                              Ci-rk of Supreme Court
                                                                           State of Montana

       v.
                                                                      ORDER
 TOM GREEN,
 Dawson County Correctional Facility,

               Respondent.

       Self-represented Petitioner Carlos Sanchez has filed a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, indicating that he is entitled to more credit for jail time than he received. He states
that he "was previously incarcerated in Big Horn County Jail (Hardin, MT) in 2011, [f]or
the duration of that time, [he] got no credit . . . ." He requests that the Department of
Corrections recalculate his sentence as this Court directs. Sanchez provides no other
information or supporting documentation.
       It appears that Sanchez is referring to credit for time served from a criminal case
from more than a decade ago. As a petitioner, Sanchez has the responsibility to provide
enough information to consider his request for relief. This Court has stated before that a
petitioner for habeas corpus relief carries this "burden of proof or the burden of
persuasion." In re Hart, 178 Mont. 235, 249, 583 P.2d 411, 418 (1978). Sanchez has not
met his burden of proof here.
       This Court provides self-represented litigants much latitude, but "that latitude
cannot be so wide as to prejudice the other party[.]" Greenup v. Russell, 2000 MT 154,
¶ 15, 300 Mont. 136, 3 P.3d 124. Sanchez needs to provide this Court with information,
such as either the conviction, sentence, a copy of a final judgment, or a sentence
calculation.
Therefore,
       IT IS ORDERED that Sanchez's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED
without prejudice. Sanchez may return to this Court with a petition for habeas corpus relief
and additional inforrnation.
      The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to
Carlos Sanchez along with a copy of M. R. App. P. 14(5).
       DATED this 2 "ay          of January, 2023.

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