12/15/2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 20-0583

OP 20-0583

BRANDON JAMES KILLAM, FILED DEC 1 5 2020 Petitioner, Bowen Greenvvood Clerk of Suprerne Court Stat.= of Montana v. ORDER JIM SALMONSEN,Acting Warden, MONTANA STATE PRISON Respondent.

Representing himself, Brandon James Killarn has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus with this Court, explaining that he may be due 489 days of credit for time served, pursuant to § 46-18-403(1), MCA,from the Cascade County District Court(Cause No. CDC-19-331). 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 docurnentary 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 at his last-filed address.

DATLD this _15-/- day of December, 2020.