SPENCER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 6/30/2017. (dmr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
SHAAMEL SPENCER,
Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

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Civil Action No. 17-4777 (NLH)
MEMORANDUM OPINION

It appearing that:
1.

Pro se Petitioner Shaamel Spencer, a prisoner confined at

Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Bradford, Pennsylvania,
seeks to file a motion to vacate pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

(ECF

No. 1.)
2.

Local Civil Rule 81.2 provides:
Unless prepared by counsel, . . . motions
under 28 U.S.C. §2255 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).
3.

Petitioner did not use the form supplied by the Clerk for

section 2255 motions, i.e., AO243 (modified): DNJ-Habeas-004 (Rev.
01-2014).
4.

As a result, the Court will administratively terminate

this matter.

If Petitioner wishes to reopen this case, within 30

days, he must submit a complete, signed motion on the correct form.

5.

An appropriate order follows.

Dated: June 30, 2017
At Camden, New Jersey

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

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