Matthews, Jimmy v. Williams, Louis

Filing 2

ORDER directing petitioner to submit the $5 filing fee or a motion for ifp and a Trust Fund Account Statement by 3/5/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 2/9/2018. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
JIMMY EARL MATTHEWS ,
Petitioner,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 18-cv-86-jdp
LOUIS WILLIAMS, II,
Respondent.

Petitioner Jimmy Earl Matthews seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241. 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 March 5, 2018. 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 August 1, 2017
through the date of the petition, February 1, 2018.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that:
1.

Petitioner Jimmy Earl Matthews may have until March 5, 2018, to pay

the $5 filing fee or submit a properly supported motion for leave to proceed without
prepayment of the filing fee.

2.

If petitioner does not submit either the $5 payment or a motion for leave to

proceed without prepayment before March 5, 2018, I will assume that petitioner wishes to
withdraw this petition.

Entered this 8th day of February, 2018.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge