Puentes-Rosabal v. Holder Jr. et al

Filing 6

ORDER dismissing this action without prejudice, and denying without prejudice leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal, by Judge Lewis T. Babcock on 12/3/13. (dkals, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 13-cv-02833-BNB
MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTES-ROSABAL,
Applicant,
v.
ERICK [sic] HOLDER, JR., United States Attorney General,
JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary of the United States Department of
Homeland Security (D.H.S.),
JOHN MORTON, United States D.H.S. Director of ICE,
JOHN LONGSHORE, Field Office Director U.S. ICE in Colorado,
MR. CHOATE, Warden of GEO CDF ICE Detention Center,
JOHN SUTHERS, U.S. Attorney General for Colorado,
CORINA E. ALMEIDA, Chief Counsel for D.H.S.-ICE,
Respondents.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Applicant, Miguel Angel Puentes-Rosabal, is confined at the detention center in
Aurora, Colorado. He submitted to the Court pro se a Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus (ECF No. 1). On October 17, 2013, as part of the Court’s review pursuant to
D.C.COLO.LCivR 8.2, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland noted certain deficiencies in
the submitted petition and ordered Applicant to cure the deficiencies within thirty days if
he wished to pursue his claims. See ECF No. 3.
The October 17 order pointed out that Applicant failed to submit either the $5.00
filing fee or a Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915
on the proper, Court-approved form. The October 17 order also pointed out that

Applicant failed to submit an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241 on the proper, Court-approved form.
The October 17 order directed Applicant to obtain, with the assistance of his case
manager or the facility’s legal assistant, the Court-approved forms for filing a Motion and
Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and an Application for Writ
of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The October 17 order warned
Applicant that the action would be dismissed without prejudice and without further notice
if he failed to cure the designated deficiencies within thirty days.
On October 25, 2013, Applicant filed an amended habeas corpus application on
the Court-approved § 2241 form (ECF No. 4). However, he failed to submit either the
$5.00 filing fee or a Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1915 within the time allowed. Therefore, the action will be dismissed without prejudice
for Applicant’s failure to cure all the designated deficiencies as directed within the time
allowed.
Finally, the Court certifies pursuant to § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this
order would not be taken in good faith and therefore in forma pauperis status will be
denied for the purpose of appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438
(1962). If Applicant files a notice of appeal he also must pay the full $505.00 appellate
filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Tenth Circuit within thirty days in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 24.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the amended Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2241 (ECF No. 4) is denied and the action dismissed without prejudice
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pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the failure of
Applicant, Miguel Angel Puentes-Rosabal, within the time allowed to cure all the
deficiencies designated in the order to cure of October 17, 2013. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is
denied without prejudice to the filing of a motion seeking leave to proceed in forma
pauperis on appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that any pending motions are denied as moot.
DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 3rd

day of

December

, 2013.

BY THE COURT:

s/Lewis T. Babcock
LEWIS T. BABCOCK
Senior Judge, United States District Court

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