Melgoza Ramirez v. Britten

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER that the Petitioner is directed to correct the technical defect in the petition on or before March 29, 2012. 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. The clerk of the court is directed to set a pro se case management deadline in this case with the following text: March 29, 2012: deadline to submit IFP application or pay the $5.00 filing fee. Ordered by Senior Judge Lyle E. Strom. (Copy mailed/e-mailed to pro se party with AO240 Form)(ADB)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
JUAN A. MELGOZA RAMIREZ,

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Petitioner,
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v.
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FRED BRITTEN,
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Respondent.
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______________________________)

8:12CV74

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on its own motion.

The

above-captioned matter has been provisionally filed on February
21, 2012 (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 ORDERED:
1.

Petitioner is directed to correct the above-listed

technical defect in the petition on or before March 29, 2012.
2.

Failure to comply with this Memorandum and Order

will result in dismissal of this matter without further notice.
3.

The clerk of the court send to petitioner the Form

AO240, Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and
Affidavit.
4.

The clerk of the court is directed to set a pro se

case management deadline in this case with the following text:
March 29, 2012:

deadline to submit IFP application or pay the

$5.00 filing fee.
DATED this 29th day of February, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Lyle E. Strom
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LYLE E. STROM, Senior Judge
United States District Court

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