08/02/2024 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 24-0439 OP 24-0439 MIKEL S. LETHERMAN, Petitioner, v. ORDER JACKIE KEEREY, DIRECTOR, GALLATIN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, Respondent.

Petitioner Mikel S. Letherman has filed a Petition for Writ of Habea s Corpus along with an attachment. Upon review, we deem it appropriate to require a response. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the Attorney General or counsel for the Department of Corrections is GRANTED thirty days from the date of this Order in which to prepare, file, and serve a written response together with appropriate documentary exhibits.

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to Mikel S. Letherman personally.

DATED this — day of August, 2024.

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