Legal Opinion

Duane Angelo Burchill v. Warden Billie Reich; Attorney General of the State of Montana

District Court, D. Montana

Decided July 24, 2026No. 2:25-cv-00071Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA BUTTE DIVISION DUANE ANGELO BURCHILL, Cause No. CV 25-71-BU-BMM Petitioner, vs. ORDER WARDEN BILLIE REICH1; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, Respondents. State pro se petitioner Duane Angelo Burchill (“Burchill”) filed an application under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

seeking habeas corpus relief on July 8, 2025. (Doc. 1 at 8.); see Houston v. Lack,

487 U.S. 266

(1988) (under the “prison mailbox rule” a prisoner’s petition is deemed filed when it is handed over to prison authorities for mailing to the district court). The Court directed…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Pace v. DiGuglielmoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. Holland v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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