Marc Eric Curry files 28:2254 habeas petition, Curry v. Warden of Allendale

A federal habeas-corpus case titled Curry v. Warden of Allendale was filed and docketed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina by petitioner Marc Eric Curry, with the clerk recording three initial entries at 3:23 p.m., 3:24 p.m., and 3:25 p.m. on March 6, 2026, under case number 0:26-cv-00957. The docket labels the matter as a 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, listed under Nature of Suit 530 Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus - General.

The court assigned the case to Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. and referred motions to Magistrate Paige J. Gossett. The docket also records, in entry number 3 at 3:25 p.m., the administrative notation TRUE DIVISION FOR TRIAL: Aiken. (apsn), indicating the Aiken division as the trial division for the filing.

Docket entry number 1, time-stamped Fri 03/06 3:23 PM, reads verbatim: PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by Marc Eric Curry.(apsn). That entry lists two attachments: Att: 1 Cover Letter, and Att: 2 Envelope. One minute later, entry number 2, time-stamped Fri 03/06 3:24 PM, records MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis, related to Marc Eric Curry, and shows Att: 1 Envelope. The motion entry includes the procedural direction: Response to Motion due by 3/20/2026. Add an additional 3 days only if served by mail or otherwise allowed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 or Fed. R. Crim. P. 45. That same entry notes Motions referred to Paige J Gossett, and contains the truncated string "stricted Access" as shown on the captured docket.

The initial filings on the public capture do not include the petition text or exhibits; the available docket text indicates attachments but does not reveal the grounds raised in the § 2254 petition, the underlying state conviction or sentence, or the full institutional name of the respondent beyond the caption Warden of Allendale. The Pacermonitor capture that supplied the docket snippets also displays the prompt Create an account to get the full party report for this case, signaling limited public view of party details on that vendor page.

Procedurally, the immediate calendar item to watch is the response deadline to the IFP motion, March 20, 2026. Motions in the case are referred to Magistrate Paige J. Gossett and any orders on the IFP application or subsequent scheduling will issue from the District of South Carolina under Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. For those seeking the complete petition and attached exhibits, the case number 0:26-cv-00957 will allow retrieval of the full docket and PDFs through the federal court’s electronic filing system.

Allendale County residents and officials will not find further factual or sentencing detail in the initial public entries; the coming filings and any magistrate rulings will disclose whether the court allows Curry to proceed in forma pauperis and when the merits of the 28:2254 petition will be addressed.