Rice v. Trippett

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND SETTING DEADLINE FOR RESPONSIVE PLEADING

HACKETT, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Petitioner Jack Rice, a state prisoner currently confined at the Thumb Corree- tional Facility in Lapeer, Michigan, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that he is incarcerated in violation of his constitutional rights. Petitioner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the_County Circuit Court in 1978 and was sentenced to a parolable term of life imprisonment. The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed…