WALLACE v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Filing 2

OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 2/14/2017. (rtm, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JAMIE WALLACE,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
Respondent.

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Civil Action No. 17-616 (NLH)
OPINION

APPEARANCES:
Jamie Wallace
631600 528048-B
N.J.S.P.
P.O. Box 861
Trenton, NJ 08625
Petitioner Pro se

HILLMAN, District Judge
Pro Se Petitioner Jamie Wallace files this writ of habeas
corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which appears to challenge an
unidentified New Jersey state court conviction.

The Petition is

deficient for the following reasons.
1.

Proper Form
Local Civil Rule 81.2 provides:
Unless prepared by counsel, petitions to this
Court for a writ of habeas corpus . . . shall
be in writing (legibly handwritten in ink or
typewritten), signed by the petitioner or
movant, on forms supplied by the Clerk.

L. CIV. R. 81.2(a).

Petitioner did not use the habeas form

supplied by the Clerk for section 2254 petitions, i.e., AO 241
(modified):DNJ-Habeas-008(Rev.01-2014).

2.

Section 2254 Rules
Pursuant to Rule 2 of the Rules Governing Section 2254

Cases in the United States District Courts, the petition must:
“(1) specify all the grounds for relief available to the
petitioner; (2) state the facts supporting each ground; (3)
state the relief requested;….”

Petitioner has not stated his

grounds for relief and supporting facts or even identified the
conviction he is challenging.

3.

Filing Fee
Petitioner neither prepaid the $5.00 filing fee for a

habeas petition as required by Local Civil Rule 54.3(a), nor did
he submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Conclusion
For the reasons stated above, the Court will
administratively terminate this matter.

If Petitioner wishes to

reopen this case, within 30 days, he must submit a complete,
signed habeas petition on the correct form which names the

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proper respondent and identifies his grounds for relief and the
supporting facts.

He must also submit either the $5 filing fee

or a complete in forma pauperis application.

An appropriate

order follows.

Dated: February 14, 2017
At Camden, New Jersey

s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

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