Barrie v. Streeval

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER: 1)Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus IS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE ; 2)the matter IS DISMISSED AND STRICKEN from the Court's active docket; 3) Judgment shall be entered contemporaneously herewith. Signed by Judge Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr on 5/8/18.(JLS)cc: COR, petitioner Barrie (via US Mail)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
NORTHERN DIVISION at ASHLAND
ALIMAMY BARRIE,

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Petitioner,
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Civil No. 0: 18-54-HRW

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J.C. STREEVAL, Warden,

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Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION
AND ORDER

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Federal inmate Alimamy Barrie has filed a prose petition for a writ of habeas
corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his placement on a "refusal" status
under the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program ("IFRP") with the Bureau of
Prisons ("BOP"). [D. E. No. 1]. This matter is before the Court to conduct the
screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 2243. Alexander v. Northern Bureau ofPrisons,
419 F. App'x 544, 545 (6th Cir. 2011).
As an initial matter, Barrie did not pay the $5 .00 filing fee required by 28
U.S.C. § 1914. Thus, dismissal of Barrie's petition without prejudice is warranted
on this ground alone.
Moreover, prisoners must fully exhaust available administrative remedies
prior to seeking habeas relief, Fazzini v. Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, 473
F.3d 229, 231 (6th Cir. 2006), something Barrie readily acknowledges he did not do.

[D.E. No. 1 at p. 8]. Barrie asks the Court to excuse that failure, on the grounds that
the administrative remedy process is "time consuming."

However, Barrie's

subjective belief that the process is time-consuming does not excuse his failure to
pursue his administrative remedies.

Thus, Barrie's petition will be dismissed

without prejudice for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing
the petition.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
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The petition for a writ of habeas corpus [D.E. No. 1] is DENIED

WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
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This matter is DISMISSED and STRICKEN from the docket of the

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Judgment shall be entered contemporaneously with this Memorandum

Court.

Opinion and Order.
This .B._1;tay of May, 2018.
Signed By:
Heney R. WUboJJ. ,Jr.
United St1t11 District Judge

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