ROUDABUSH v. HOLLINGSWORTH
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER reopening case; denying Petitioner's motion for reconsideration 3 . Clerk of Court shall administratively terminate this matter without prejudice; if Petitioner wishes to reopen this action, he shall so notify the Court within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order. Signed by Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 8/25/2015. (tf,n.m.)
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN VICINAGE
James L. Roudabush, Jr.
Petitioner,
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J. Hollingsworth, Warden,
Respondent.
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Civil Action No. 15-4602(RMB)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BUMB, District Judge:
On June 29, 2015, Petitioner, an inmate incarcerated in the
Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey, filed
a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
(ECF No. 1.) Petitioner did not pay a filing fee or
alternatively submit an application to proceed without
prepayment of fees (in forma pauperis or “IFP”). See Local Rule
5.1(f)(any papers submitted to the Clerk without payment of such
fees fixed by statute or by the Judicial Conference of the
United States will be marked as received but not filed.) The
Court administratively terminated this matter, allowing
Petitioner to reopen the case by paying the five dollar filing
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fee for a writ of habeas corpus1 or by completing the form
“Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis in a Habeas Case,” and
by submitting his habeas petition on the Court’s form “Petition
for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.” (ECF No. 2.)
The Court also instructed Petitioner that it lacked
jurisdiction over Petitioner’s condition of confinement claims
under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, unless he was challenging the execution
of his sentence, which was not clear from the petition. (Id.) “A
prisoner may not seek habeas relief under § 2241 based on a
condition of confinement unless a finding in his favor would
result in a shorter sentence or earlier release.” Parks v.
Lewisburg, No. 15–1647, 2015 WL 4775131, at *1 (3d Cir. Aug. 14,
2015) (citing Leamer v. Fauver, 288 F.3d 532, 542 (3d Cir.
2002).
Petitioner submitted a response (ECF No. 3) to this Court’s
Order dated July 9, 2015 (ECF No. 2), which this Court construes
as a motion for reconsideration under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 59(e). The purpose of a motion for reconsideration is
“to correct manifest errors of law or fact or to present newly
discovered evidence.” Max’s Seafood Café ex rel Lou-Ann Inc.,
176 F.3d 669, 677 (3d Cir. 1999) (quoting Harsco Corp. v.
Zlotnicki, 779 F.2d 906, 909 (3d Cir. 1985). A judgment may be
altered or amended based on one of the following grounds:
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See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).
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(1)
an intervening change in the controlling law; (2) the
availability of new evidence that was not available when the
court granted the motion for summary judgment; or (3) the need
to correct a clear error of law or fact or to prevent manifest
injustice. Id.
The Court has not entered final judgment in this matter.
Petitioner has not yet paid pay the filing fee or submit an IFP
application; therefore the case was administratively terminated
without prejudice. In any event, Petitioner did not offer any
new basis for this Court’s jurisdiction over his § 2241
petition.
The Court will not reopen this matter for adjudication of
the § 2241 habeas petition at this time. Petitioner will be
given another chance to reopen this matter if he pays the filing
fee or submits a properly completed IFP application, and submits
a § 2241 petition that provides a proper basis for jurisdiction.
Alternatively, Petitioner could bring his condition of
confinement claims in a new Bivens action.
IT IS, therefore, on this 25th day of August 2015
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall reopen this matter;
and it is further
ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for reconsideration (ECF
No. 3) is DENIED; and it is further
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ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall administratively
terminate this matter, without prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that if Petitioner wishes to reopen this action, he
shall so notify the Court within 30 days of the date of entry of
this Order, in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Court,
Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse, 4th & Cooper
Streets, Camden, NJ 08101; Petitioner’s writing shall include
either: (1) a completed in forma pauperis application or (2) the
$5 filing fee; and (3) a completed Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, establishing the basis for
jurisdiction over his claims for relief; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve this Memorandum and
Order upon Plaintiff by regular U.S. Mail, together with blank
forms “Prisoner Applying To Proceed In Forma Pauperis In A
Habeas Corpus Case” and “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.”
s/Renée Marie Bumb
RENÉE MARIE BUMB
United States District Judge
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