Romero v. Williams et al

Filing 3

ORDER Denying 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner shall have 30 days from the date this order is entered to pay filing fee or submit completed application to proceed in forma pauperis. Clerk shall send petitioner approved form for application and two copies of this order. Signed by Judge Roger L. Hunt on 5/10/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - cc: petitioner - EDS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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CARLOS LOBATO ROMERO,
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Petitioner,
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vs.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, et al.,
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Respondents.
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2:11-cv-00679-RLH-RJJ
ORDER

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Petitioner, a Nevada prisoner, has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
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(docket #1) and a petition for writ of habeas corpus (docket #s 1-1 and 1-2). Petitioner’s application to
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proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete, as it does not contain a financial certificate completed by an
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authorized prison officer or the requisite institutional account statements. The application must therefore
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be denied. Petitioner will be granted time to either pay the $5.00 filing fee or submit a new, fully
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completed application to proceed in forma pauperis.
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The court will retain the petition for writ of habeas corpus, but will not file it at this time.
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma
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pauperis (docket #1) is DENIED.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner shall have thirty (30) days from the date
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this order is entered to either (1) pay the $5.00 filing fee or (2) submit a fully completed application to
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proceed in forma pauperis, including a financial certificate signed by an authorized prison officer

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showing the status of petitioner’s prison account. Failure to take one of these actions within the time

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allowed may result in dismissal of this action.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall SEND to petitioner the approved
form for an application to proceed in forma pauperis.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall SEND to petitioner two copies of this

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order. If petitioner wishes to pay the five dollar ($5) filing fee (the first option, above), petitioner must

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make the necessary arrangements to have one copy of this order, along with a check in the amount of

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the full $5 filing fee, sent to the court, by sending a copy of the order with a “brass slip” to Inmate

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Services for issuance of the check.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall retain the petition for a writ of habeas
corpus but shall not file it at this time.

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DATED this

10th

day of

May

, 2011.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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