Leonard v. VanDeHey
Filing
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Order on ifp request: Petitioner to submit completed application for leave to proceed ifp or $5 filing fee by 2/6/2008 or petition to be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Signed by Judge Theresa M - Magistrate Owens on 1/23/08. (krj),(ps)
Leonard v. VanDeHey
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Case: 3:08-cv-00050-bbc
Document #: 2
Filed: 01/23/2008
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
MATTHEW D. LEONARD, and minor children E.E.L. and K.A.L., Petitioners, v. ROBERT P. VANDEHEY, individually and acting in his official capacity as circuit judge of Grant County, Respondent. Case No. 08-cv-00050-bbc
Matthew D. Leonard and minor children E.E.L. and K.A.L. have 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 petitioners have in any account in the institution. As of the date of this order, petitioners have not submitted either the filing fee or the paperwork necessary to support a determination that petitioners are entitled to proceed without paying the filing fee.
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Case: 3:08-cv-00050-bbc
Document #: 2
Filed: 01/23/2008
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A copy of a blank application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is being mailed to petitioners with this order. Petitioners should complete it and return it to the court on or before February 6, 2008. Alternatively, petitioners must submit the $5 filing fee. The court will take no further action on the petition until
petitioners return a completed application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the filing fee. If petitioners fail to make either of these submissions on or before February 6, 2008, the court will dismiss the petition for failure to prosecute. Dated this 23rd day of January, 2008. BY THE COURT:
/s/ Theresa M. Owens Magistrate Judge
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