tikiGINAL 11/23/2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF T I I El STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 20-0553

OP 20-0553 FILED JASON ROOD, NOV 2 3 2020 Petitioner, Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Suprerne Couri St:atc, nf Montan» v. ORDER VANCE LAUGHLIN, Warden, Respondent.

Representing himself, Jason Rood has filed a Petition for a Writ of I Iabeas Corpus with this Court. Upon review of his Petition, we deem it appropriate to require a response.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED 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 writ of habeas corpus together with any appropriate documentary exhibits.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to the Attorney General; to counsel for the Department of Corrections; and to Petitioner personally.

DATED this c,2„Sk) ' ')day of November, 2020.

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