Dickerson v. Tennessee, 2:19-cv-02168-TLP-tmp. (2019)
Court: District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Number: infdco20190410g84
Visitors: 20
Filed: Apr. 09, 2019
Latest Update: Apr. 09, 2019
Summary: ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO FILE AN IN FORMA PAUPERIS AFFIDAVIT AND TRUST FUND ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR PAY THE $5.00 HABEAS CORPUS FILING FEE THOMAS L. PARKER , District Judge . Petitioner Richard Dickerson 1 filed a pro se petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 on March 11, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) However, Petitioner failed to either pay the $5.00 habeas filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. 1914(a) or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a copy of his trust account statement. 2
Summary: ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO FILE AN IN FORMA PAUPERIS AFFIDAVIT AND TRUST FUND ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR PAY THE $5.00 HABEAS CORPUS FILING FEE THOMAS L. PARKER , District Judge . Petitioner Richard Dickerson 1 filed a pro se petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 on March 11, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) However, Petitioner failed to either pay the $5.00 habeas filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. 1914(a) or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a copy of his trust account statement. 2 ..
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ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO FILE AN IN FORMA PAUPERIS AFFIDAVIT AND TRUST FUND ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR PAY THE $5.00 HABEAS CORPUS FILING FEE
THOMAS L. PARKER, District Judge.
Petitioner Richard Dickerson1 filed a pro se petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on March 11, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) However, Petitioner failed to either pay the $5.00 habeas filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a copy of his trust account statement.2
Accordingly, Petitioner is ORDERED to pay the $5.00 filing fee within thirty (30) days after the date of this Order or submit a properly completed in forma pauperis affidavit demonstrating his indigency, along with an inmate trust fund account statement.3 The Clerk is directed to mail a copy of the prisoner in forma pauperis affidavit to Petitioner along with this order.
Failure to comply with this order in a timely manner will result in dismissal of this action without further notice for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).
SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Petitioner, Tennessee Department of Correction prisoner number 508885, is incarcerated at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in Only, Tennessee.
2. Petitioner included a cover letter with his petition stating his family would be sending the filing fee; however, the payment has not been received.
3. In the interest of expediting this matter, Petitioner is advised that if his inmate trust account had a balance of at least $25.00 on the date this petition was filed, an application to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied.
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