Maldonado v. RAEMISCH

Filing 2

Order: Petitioner to submit $5 filing fee or completed application for leave to proceed ifp by 1/22/2008. Signed by Magistrate Judge Theresa M Owens on 1/8/08. (krj),(ps)

Maldonado v. RAEMISCH

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Case: 3:08-cv-00005-bbc

Document #: 2

Filed: 01/08/2008

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

DANIEL Z. MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. RICHARD RAEMISCH, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondent. Case No. 08-cv-00005-bbc

Daniel Z. Maldonado has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pursuant to Rule 3 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the petition must be accompanied by: (1) (2) the five dollar ($5) filing fee; OR a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the affidavit required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and a certificate from the warden or other appropriate officer of the place of confinement showing the amount of money or securities that the petitioner has in any account in the institution. As of the date of this order petitioner has not submitted either the filing fee or the paperwork necessary to support a determination that petitioner is entitled to proceed without paying the filing fee.

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Case: 3:08-cv-00005-bbc

Document #: 2

Filed: 01/08/2008

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A copy of a blank application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is being mailed to petitioner with this order. Petitioner should complete it and return it to the court on or before January 22, 2008. Alternatively, petitioner must submit the $5 filing fee. The court will take no further action on the petition until

petitioner returns a completed application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or submits the filing fee. If petitioner fails to make either of these submissions on or before January 22, 2008, the court will dismiss the petition for failure to prosecute. Dated this 8th day of January, 2008. BY THE COURT:

/s/___________________ Theresa M. Owens Magistrate Judge