Matthew Stephen Hepple v. Attorney General for the State of New Mexico

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico orders habeas petitioner Matthew Stephen Hepple to provide an updated address after court mail was returned as undeliverable. The court stays the respondent’s deadline to answer the habeas petition and warns that failure to update the address may result in dismissal.

Holdings

1. Petitioner must notify the Clerk of his new address within thirty days of entry of the order, as required by N.M. LR-Civ. 83.6.
2. The deadline for the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico to answer the petition is stayed until further order of the Court.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Court should require Petitioner to provide a current mailing address after correspondence was returned as undeliverable.
2. Whether the deadline for Respondent to answer the habeas petition should be stayed pending Petitioner’s compliance with the address-notification requirement.

Disposition

other