Duffie, Marlon v. State of Wisconsin

Filing 2

ORDER on ifp request: Petitioner to submit $5 filing fee or Trust Fund Account Statement. $5 Fee or Trust Fund Account Statement due 4/27/2015. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 3/31/2015. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
MARLON D. DUFFIE ,
Petitioner,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 15-cv-198-jdp
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
Respondent.

Petitioner Marlon D. Duffie seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254. Petitioner has neither paid the $5 filing fee nor requested leave to proceed without
prepayment of the filing fee. For this case to move forward, petitioner must pay the $5 filing
fee or submit a properly supported motion for leave to proceed without prepayment of the
filing fee no later than April 27, 2015. In the event that petitioner requests leave to proceed
without prepayment, a certified copy of petitioner’s inmate trust fund account statement for
the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the habeas corpus petition must be
submitted. The federal in forma pauperis statute does not permit a court to waive a prisoner’s
entire obligation to pay filing fees, but it does allow a qualifying individual to proceed
without prepaying some or all of the filing fee. To determine whether petitioner qualifies as
indigent, any motion for leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee must include a
certified copy of an inmate trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the
six-month period beginning approximately September 26, 2014 through the date of the
petition, March 26, 2015.

If petitioner does not submit either the $5 payment or a motion for leave to proceed
without prepayment before April 27, 2015, I will assume that petitioner wishes to withdraw
this action voluntarily and will dismiss the petition without further notice.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that:
1.

No later than April 27, 2015, petitioner Marlon D. Duffie shall pay the

$5 filing fee or submit a properly supported motion for leave to proceed without prepayment
of the filing fee together with a certified copy of petitioner’s inmate trust fund account
statement for the six-month period from the date of the habeas petition (March 26, 2015
through at least September 26, 2014).
2.

If petitioner fails to pay the $5 filing fee, comply as directed, or show cause for

failure to do so, this case will be dismissed without further notice.

Entered this 31st day of March, 2015.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge