Butler (ID 2000152231) v. Geither

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
RICHARD CHANTEZ BUTLER,
Petitioner,
v. 	CASE NO. 25-3280-JWL
GLORIA GEITHER,
Respondent.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by
Petitioner 	and 	Kansas 	state 	prisoner 	Richard 	Chantez 	Butler. 	The 	Court 	has 	reviewed
Respondent’s Pre-Answer Response (Doc. 18) and Petitioner’s Reply (Doc. 22) and concludes that
the resolution of whether Ground Seven was properly exhausted requires examination of the briefs
filed in the Kansas appellate courts during Petitioner’s direct appeal and the appeal from the denial
of his K.S.A. 60-1507 motion, most of which1 are not in the record currently before this Court.
Therefore, the Court will order Respondent to file in this case copies of all briefs filed in both the
Kansas Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court in State v. Butler, Appeal No. 123,742,
and copies of all briefs filed in the Kansas Court of Appeals in Butler v. State, Appeal No. 127,474.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT Respondent is granted to and including June
10, 2026, in which to file with this Court copies of all briefs filed in the Kansas appellate courts
1 The Court recognizes that Plaintiff has previously filed a copy of the brief filed on his behalf to the Kansas Court of
Appeals in his direct appeal. (Doc. 13.) That copy appears to have been marked on by Plaintiff, however, so the Court
will order Respondent to provide a clean copy of this brief along with the other briefs identified in this order.
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during Petitioner’s direct appeal and during the appeal from the denial of his K.S.A. 60-1507
motion. After reviewing the briefs, the Court will issue additional orders as necessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: 	This 8th day of May, 2026, at Kansas City, Kansas.
S/ John W. Lungstrum
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM
United States District Judge
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