ADAMS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM and ORDER Administratively terminating this case for failure to pay the filing fee or a completed IFP application; Ordering the Clerk of Court to supply the Petitioner a blank IFP application; Ordering that if Petitioner wishes to reopen this action, he shall notify the Court in writing, within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order; Petitioners writing shall include either: (1) a complete in forma pauperis application, including a certification of Petitioners institutional account; or (2) the $5 filing fee. Signed by Judge Freda L. Wolfson on 1/4/2016. (eaj)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JACOB S. ADAMS, JR.,

Civil Action No. 15-8648 (FLW)

Petitioner,
v.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

Pro se Petitioner Jacob S. Adams, Jr., a prisoner confined at Fairton, FCI, seeks to file a
motion to vacate pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner has neither prepaid the $5.00 filing fee for
a habeas petition as required by Local Civil Rule 54.3(a), nor submitted a complete application to
proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) that contains a certification by an authorized official at his place
of confinement certifying Petitioner’s institutional account for the preceding six months, as
required under L.Civ.R. 81.2(b). 1
THEREFORE, it is on this 4th day of January, 2016;
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall administratively terminate this case for
Petitioner’s failure to either pay the requisite filing fee of $5.00 or submit a complete application
to proceed in forma pauperis; and it is further

The Court also notes that mail sent to Petitioner by the Clerk of the Court at the address he
provided was returned as undeliverable. (See ECF No. 2.) However, the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Inmate Locator, available at http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/, indicates that Petitioner’s address
and SBI number on file with the Court are correct.
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ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall supply to Petitioner a blank form Application
to Proceed In Forma Pauperis in a Habeas Corpus Case (DNJ-PRO-SE-007-B.pdf), for use by a
prisoner; 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,
Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse, 402 East State Street, Room 2020, Trenton, New
Jersey 08608; Petitioner’s writing shall include either: (1) a complete in forma pauperis
application, including a certification of Petitioner’s institutional account, as required by Local
Civil Rule 81.2(b); or (2) the $5 filing fee; and it is finally
ORDERED that upon receipt of a writing from Petitioner stating that he wishes to reopen
this case, and a complete, signed petition, the Clerk of the Court will be directed to reopen this
case; and it is finally
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Memorandum and Order
upon Petitioner by regular U.S. mail.

/s/ Freda L. Wolfson
Freda L. Wolfson
United States District Judge

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