Haviland v. Cameron

Full title: ROBERT HAVILAND, Petitioner v. SUPERINTENDENT CAMERON, Respondent

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Nov 21, 2016

CIVIL NO. 3:CV-15-1838 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 21, 2016)

Opinion

CIVIL NO. 3:CV-15-1838

11-21-2016

ROBERT HAVILAND, Petitioner v. SUPERINTENDENT CAMERON, Respondent

Judge Conaboy

() MEMORANDUM

Background

Robert Haviland, an inmate presently confined at the State Correctional Institution, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania (SCI-Houtzdale), filed this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.¹ His action challenges the legality of his guilty plea to charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance, and driving under the influence on February 2, 2012 in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas.

1 The Petition is dated September 8, 2015 and will be deemed filed as of said date. --------

By Order dated October 27, 2015, Petitioner's incorporated request that disposition of his pending habeas corpus petition be stayed was granted.

Petitioner has filed a letter indicating that his case should be reopened. In accordance with the October 27, 2015 Order, Petitioner is directed to file a written status report with the Court detailing the conclusion of his Pennsylvania state court exhaustion efforts and including a copy of the Superior and/or Supreme Court's disposition.

Following receipt and review of the Petitioner's status report, this matter will be reopened, if appropriate.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, THIS 21^st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2016, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

Petitioner is directed to file a written status report with the Court detailing the conclusion of his Pennsylvania state court exhaustion efforts and including a copy of the Superior and/or Supreme Court's disposition.

/s/_________

RICHARD P. CONABOY

United States District Judge