Morris, Montrell v. Werlinger, R.
Filing
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ORDER on ifp request: Petitioner to submit Trust fund account statement. Trust Fund Account Statement due 6/3/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 5/10/2013. (jef),(ps)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
MONTRELL K. MORRIS,
ORDER
Petitioner,
13-cv-327-wmc
v.
R. WERLINGER,
Respondent.
Petitioner Montrell Morris, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford,
Wisconsin, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He
has not paid the $5 filing fee or submitted a certified copy of his six-month trust fund account
statement. I can construe his petition to include a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis,
but I cannot determine whether petitioner is indigent for the purpose of filing a § 2241 petition
until he submits a trust fund account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding
the filing of his habeas corpus petition. Longbehn v. United States, 169 F.3d 1082 (7th Cir.
1999). Petitioner’s trust fund account statement should cover the six-month period beginning
approximately November 8, 2012 and ending approximately May 8, 2013.
Once petitioner submits his trust fund account statement, this court will calculate
petitioner's average monthly deposits and his average monthly balances for the six-month period
mentioned above. If 20% of the greater of these two figures is $5 or more, he will not be eligible
for indigent status and will have to prepay all of the $5 filing fee. If 20% of the greater of these
two figures is less than $5, he will be required to prepay whatever portion less than $5 has been
calculated.
Now that petitioner is aware of the formula this court uses in determining whether a
prisoner is indigent for the purpose of paying a $5 filing fee, he may be able to figure easily
whether he qualifies. If he knows that he will not qualify for indigent status, he may elect to
submit a check or money order made payable to the clerk of court in the amount of $5 in lieu
of the six-month statement requested above. In any event, petitioner should act quickly. If, by
June 3, 2013, petitioner does not submit either the $5 payment or a trust fund account
statement for the last six months, I will assume that he wishes to withdraw this action
voluntarily and I will dismiss the petition without prejudice to his filing his case at a later date.
Petitioner should show a copy of this order to prison officials so that they are aware they should
send either the $5 filing fee or the required trust fund account statement to this court.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that petitioner Montrell Morris may have until June 3, 2013, in which
to submit a trust fund account statement for the period beginning approximately November 8,
2012 and ending approximately May 8, 2013. Alternatively, petitioner may have until June 3,
2013, in which to pay the $5 fee for filing his petition. If, by June 3, 2013, petitioner does not
pay the filing fee or submit the required trust fund account statement, the clerk of court is
directed to close this case for petitioner’s failure to prosecute.
Entered this 10th day of May, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge
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