Lall v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Example:

Filing 12

OPINION AND ORDER denying as moot 3 MOTION/APPLICATION to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Signed by Judge Melinda Harmon) Parties notified.(rhawkins)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent/Plaintiff.
VS.
JASON MICHAEL LALL,
Petitioner/Defendant.

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CRIMINAL ACTION NO. H-11-477
CIVIL ACTION H-13-764

OPINION AND ORDER
Pending before the Court in the above referenced cause is
Petitioner Jason Michael Lall’s motion for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis (instrument #3 in H-13-764).
A § 2254 motion does not require a filing fee.

United States

v. Ahern, C-11-cr-333, C-13-191, (S.D. Tex. July 3, 2013), citing
Rule 3, Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings for the United
States District Courts (2012)(advisory committee note 1976, “There
is no filing fee required of a movant under these rules.”).
Accordingly the Court
ORDERS that the motion is DENIED as moot.
SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this

20th

day of

April , 2015.

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MELINDA HARMON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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