Opinion
18-cv-13145
05-02-2022
RODERICK LAMONT COTTON, Petitioner, v. CATHERINE S. BAUMAN, Respondent.
ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THE CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT'S LETTER TO THE CLERK OF THIS COURT
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Petitioner Roderick Lamont Cotton is a state prisoner in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections. In 2018, he filed a pro se habeas corpus petition challenging his Oakland County, Michigan convictions for two counts of criminal sexual conduct. (See Pet., ECF #1.) Respondent has asked the Court to deny the petition. (See Answer in Opp'n to Pet., Dkt. 10.)
Currently before the Court is Cotton's recent letter in which he asks to have his habeas petition held in abeyance pending an investigation by the Oakland County Prosecutor's Conviction Integrity Unit. (See Request, Dkt. 17.) Cotton states that he received a letter about his case from Beth G. Morrow, Director of the Conviction Integrity Unit. He seems to be saying that the Unit intends to review his case. Before ruling on Cotton's request for a stay, the Court would like to see a copy of the letter that Ms. Morrow sent to Cotton.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Cotton shall mail a copy of Ms. Morrow's letter to the Clerk of this Court within three weeks of the date of this order.