lj ORIGINAL 11/20/2024

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 24-0662

OP 24-0662

COLTER ALEXANDER McGUIGAN, Petitioner, v. ORDER JAMES SALMONSEN, WARDEN, Montana State Prison, FILED Respondent. NOV 2 0 2024 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Court State of montana

Colter Alexander McGuigan has filed a verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, indicating that the Department of Corrections (DOC) has incorrectly calculated his sentence, thereby illegally extending his parole eligibility or prison discharge dates. He includes a copy of the Gallatin County District Court's Amended Sentencing Order, issued on June 15, 2022 and of a July 6, 2023 sentence calculation where the DOC runs the sentence consecutively. Pointing to page four of the court's Order, he states that the court ran the sentence concurrently with his sentence from the Powell County District Court.

Upon review, we deem it appropriate to require a response to his Petition. 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 together with appropriate documentary exhibits.

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to Colter Alexander McGuigan personally.

DA1ED this day of November, 2024.

Justice