Kevin Briggs v. Warden Jim Salmonsen

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA HELENA DIVISION KEVIN BRIGGS, Cause No. CV 25-77-H-BMM Petitioner, vs. WARDEN JIM SALMONSEN, ORDER Respondent. State pro se petitioner Kevin Briggs (“Briggs”) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

and brief in support. (Docs. 1 & 2.) Briggs sought a stay and abeyance of the instant proceedings in order to complete a direct appeal from the denial of his postconviction petition and fully exhaust his federal claims. (Doc. 3.) The Court granted Briggs’s motion for a stay. (Doc. 12.) Briggs filed a status…