Prater v. State of Nebraska

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER that petitioner is direct to correct the technical defect in the petition on or before 5/24/2010; failure to comply with this memorandum and order will result in dismissal of this matter without further notice; clerk of the court send to petitioner the form AO240, Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit; clerk is directed to set a pro se case management deadline as ordered by Judge Laurie Smith Camp. (Pro Se Case Management Deadline set for 5/24/2010: deadline to pay filing fee or submit IFP application.) (Copy and AO240 form mailed to pro se party) (SED)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA JAMES PRATER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF NEBRASKA, Robert P. Houston, NDCS, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 4:10CV3068 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the court on its own motion. The above-captioned matter has been provisionally filed on April 20, 2010. (Filing No. 1.) However, due to certain technical defects, the Petition cannot be further processed until such defects are corrected. To assure further consideration of the Petition, Petitioner must correct the defect listed below. FAILURE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT MAY RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE PETITION. Petitioner has failed to include the $5.00 filing fee. Petitioner has the choice of either tendering the $5.00 fee to the Clerk of the court or submitting a request to proceed in forma pauperis and an affidavit of poverty in support thereof. If Petitioner chooses to do the latter, the enclosed pauper's forms should be completed and returned to this court. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 1. Petitioner is directed to correct the above-listed technical defect in the Petition on or before May 24, 2010; Failure to comply with this Memorandum and Order will result in dismissal of this matter without further notice; The Clerk of the court send to Petitioner the Form AO240, Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit; and 2. 3. 4. The Clerk of the court is directed to set a pro se case management deadline with the following text: May 24, 2010: deadline to pay filing fee or submit IFP application. DATED this 23rd day of April, 2010. BY THE COURT: s/Laurie Smith Camp United States District Judge *This opinion may contain hyperlinks to other documents or Web sites. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska does not endorse, recommend, approve, or guarantee any third parties or the services or products they provide on their Web sites. Likewise, the court has no agreements with any of these third parties or their Web sites. The court accepts no responsibility for the availability or functionality of any hyperlink. Thus, the fact that a hyperlink ceases to work or directs the user to some other site does not affect the opinion of the court. 2

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