Arreola v. Summers

Filing 3

ORDER re 2 MOTION (Sealed - Participants) to Proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner shall, within fourteen (14) days from service of this Order, produce a certified copy of his trust fund account statement for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition. Signed by Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney on 11/21/2014. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(eef)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:14-cv-635-FDW
LEONARDO ARREOLA,

)
)
Petitioner,
)
)
vs.
)
)
FNU SUMMERS,
)
)
)
Respondent.
)
_________________________________________ )

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Petitioner’s Motion to Proceed in Forma
Pauperis. (Doc. No. 2). Petitioner, an inmate at Hoke Correctional Institution, is seeking
permission to proceed with his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus
without having to pay the $5.00 filing fee.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2), a prisoner seeking to proceed in a Section 2254
action without prepayment of fees, in addition to submitting the required affidavit, “shall submit
a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or the institutional equivalent) for the
prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.” The
provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) are mandatory. Before the Court can address Petitioner’s in
forma pauperis motion, Petitioner must obtain from the prison his trust fund account statement
showing his account information for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the
petition. When Petitioner submits the statement to this Court, the Court will conduct an initial
review of the petition.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Petitioner shall, within fourteen (14) days from
service of this Order, produce a certified copy of his trust fund account statement for the 6-month
1

period immediately preceding the filing of the petition. If Petitioner does not produce a certified
copy of his trust fund account statement within such time, this action may be subject to
dismissal. Petitioner shall inform the Court if the prison is not responding to his requests for a
copy of the trust fund account statement and if he cannot submit the statement to this Court
within thirty days. As an alternative to submitting his trust fund account statement with this
Court, Petitioner may instead choose not to seek to proceed in forma pauperis and pay the $5.00
filing fee.
Signed: November 21, 2014

2