Salazar v. United States of America

Filing 13

ORDER directing Respondent to file an answer or other response to the Petition as soon as reasonably possible but no later than fifty (50) days from the date of this order and directing Petitioner to advise the court in writing of any address change. (Return and Memorandum due by 11/15/2017.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett on 9/26/2017. (bgoo)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Jose Carlos Salazar,

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Petitioner,
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v.
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United States of America,
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Respondent.
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C/A No. 0:17-2467-RBH-PJG

ORDER

This is an action seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, filed by a selfrepresented federal prisoner. Therefore, in the event that a limitations issue arises, Petitioner shall
have the benefit of the holding in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) (prisoner’s pleading was
filed at the moment of delivery to prison authorities for forwarding to District Court). Under Local
Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(c) (D.S.C.), pretrial proceedings in this action have been referred to the
assigned United States Magistrate Judge. This matter was transferred from the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Texas. (ECF No. 10.)
TO RESPONDENT:
Respondent shall file an answer or other response to the Petition as soon as reasonably
possible but no later than fifty (50) days from the date of this order. Rule 4 of the Rules
Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, applicable to § 2241 habeas
petitions through Rule 1(b), requires that “the judge must order the respondent to file an answer,
motion, or other response within a fixed time, or to take other action the judge may order” for
petitions that are not dismissed upon initial review. See Wyant v. Edwards, 952 F. Supp. 348
(S.D.W. Va. 1997) (court has discretionary authority to fix time for response to habeas corpus
petition).
TO PETITIONER:
Pursuant to Rule 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any documents filed subsequent
to the initial pleading must be served on parties. Unless otherwise ordered, service of subsequently
filed documents on a respondent represented by an attorney is made on the attorney. Service on
attorneys who have made an appearance in this court is effected by the court’s Electronic Case Filing
system through a computer generated notice of electronic filing. However, prior to the respondent’s
attorney making an appearance in this court, Petitioner must serve the respondent with any
documents Petitioner files subsequent to the initial pleading and file a certificate of service that states
who was served, what document was served, and how the document was served.
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Petitioner must place the Civil Action Number (C/A No. 0:17-2467-RBH-PJG) listed above
on any document filed in this case. Any future filings in this case must be sent to the address
below: (901 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201). All documents requiring
Petitioner’s signature shall be signed with Petitioner’s full legal name written in Petitioner’s own
handwriting. Pro se litigants shall not use the “s/typed name” format used in the Electronic Case
Filing System. In all future filings with this court, Petitioner is directed to use letter-sized (8½ inches
x 11 inches) paper only, to write or type text on one side of a sheet of paper only and not to write or
type on both sides of any sheet of paper. Petitioner is further instructed not to write to the edge of
the paper, but to maintain one inch margins on the top, bottom, and sides of each paper submitted.
Petitioner is a pro se litigant. Petitioner’s attention is directed to the following important
notice:
You are ordered to always keep the Clerk of Court advised in writing (901 Richland
Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201) if your address changes for any reason,
so as to assure that orders or other matters that specify deadlines for you to meet will
be received by you. If as a result of your failure to comply with this order, you fail
to meet a deadline set by this court, your case may be dismissed for violating this
order. Therefore, if you have a change of address before this case is ended, you must
comply with this order by immediately advising the Clerk of Court in writing of such
change of address and providing the court with the docket number of all pending
cases you have filed with this court. Your failure to do so will not be excused by the
court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Paige J. Gossett
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
September 26, 2017
Columbia, South Carolina

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