Muhannad v. Rowodlt

Filing 12

ORDER that the Petitioner shall have until 10/2/06 to pay the $5 filing fee. The order denying reconsideration is vacated and set aside. Further proceedings will be held in abeyance until the filing fee is paid and petitioner has effected service ofsummons on the respondent. Ordered by Judge Lyle E. Strom.(JSF)

Muhannad v. Rowodlt

Doc. 12

Case: 8:06-cv-00435-LES-PRSE

Document #: 12

Date Filed: 09/18/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA WA'IL MANSUR MUHANNAD, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) JAMES P. ROWOLDT, ) et al., ) ) Respondent. ) ______________________________)

8:06CV435

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the following sequence of events: on June 15, 2006, the petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. At the same time he filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. As this is a petition for writ of habeas corpus, the

petitioner is obligated to pay a filing fee of $5.00 before the Court could proceed with consideration of his case. In view of

the Court's following determinations, petitioner is now directed to pay the $5.00 if he wishes to go forward with this case. On June 19, 2006, the Court entered an order dismissing his § 2241 motion on the grounds that this Court did not have jurisdiction as it was clear from the pleadings that the petitioner was at that time incarcerated in a federal prison in Marion, Illinois. Accordingly, under the law, he was obligated

to file a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the district where he was incarcerated.

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Date Filed: 09/18/2006

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Subsequent to the Court's ruling on petitioner's petition, he was released from prison on parole in Nebraska under the custody of James Rowoldt as the Chief United States Probation Officer. Petitioner then filed a motion for reconsideration.

The Court denied the motion for reconsideration and subsequently on August 16, 2006, petitioner filed a notice of appeal, intending to appeal the Court's ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, as well as a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. That notice of appeal has not yet been forwarded to the Court of Appeals, and the Court now determines that the motion for reconsideration should be granted and the issues raised by the petitioner addressed in this Court as he is now present in Nebraska and presently serving a term of parole. The petitioner's petition will not be considered until he has paid the $5.00 filing fee which cannot be waived by the Court. Petitioner shall until October 2, 2006, to pay that Petitioner is also required to effect service on the This service shall be in accord with the Accordingly,

filing fee.

named defendant.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. IT IS ORDERED:

1) Petitioner shall have until October 2, 2006, to pay the $5.00 filing fee.

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Case: 8:06-cv-00435-LES-PRSE

Document #: 12

Date Filed: 09/18/2006

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2) The order denying reconsideration is vacated and set aside. 3) Further proceedings will be held in abeyance until the filing fee is paid and petitioner has effected service of summons on the respondent. DATED this 18th day of September, 2006. BY THE COURT: /s/ Lyle E. Strom ______________________________ LYLE E. STROM, Senior Judge United States District Court

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