Stevens v. Bludworth ( 2023 )

ORIGINAL 01/10/2023 N THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 22-0750 OP 22-0750 FILED BRADLEY K. STEVENS, JAN 1 0 2023 Bowen Greenwood Petitioner, Clerk of St.preme Court State of Montana v. ORDER PETE BLUDWORTH, Warden, Respondent. In a December 6, 2022 Order, this Court denied self-represented Petitioner Bradley K. Stevens's Petition for Habeas Corpus relief, on the basis that the Board of Pardons and Parole (Board) may rescind a March 2022 parole while the offender is still in custody. Stevens v. Bludworth, No. OP 22-0654, Order (Mont. Dec. 6, 2022). Stevens returns with his second petition for habeas corpus relief and provides several supporting documents. Stevens asserts that he has no write-ups and clear conduct for more than a year and a half; morevoer, he states that upon his appearance before the Board on December 13, 2022, the Board "took his parole . . . with no proof of anything." He maintains that no new charges exist and that he has not received any paperwork for pending charges. Upon review, we deem it appropriate to require a response. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that that the Attorney General or counsel for the Department of Correction is GRANTED thirty days from the date of this Order in which to prepare, file, and serve a written response to the petition for a writ of habeas corpus together with appropriate documentary exhibits. The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to Bradley K. Stevens personally. DATED this I 6 day of January, 2023. Justice