Jackson v. Straub

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING MOTION TO HOLD ANSWER IN ABEYANCE

LAWSON, District Judge.

The petitioner, Perry Jackson, presently confined at the Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan, filed a pro se application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on September 24, 2002. The respondent was ordered to answer and furnish Rule 5 materials by December 16, 2002. On the respondent’s motion, that deadline was extended to March 17, 2003. Instead of answering the petition, the respondent filed a motion to hold his answer in abeyance,…