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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

RAYMOND D. WALTERS PETITIONER 

v. NO. 5:19-cv-00357 DPM/PSH 

DEXTER PAYNE RESPONDENT 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 

INSTRUCTIONS 

 The following proposed Findings and Recommendation have been sent to United 

States District Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. You may file written objections to all or part of 

this Recommendation. If you do so, those objections must: (1) specifically explain the 

factual and/or legal basis for your objection, and (2) be received by the Clerk of this 

Court within fourteen (14) days of this Recommendation. By not objecting, you may 

waive the right to appeal questions of fact. 

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DISPOSITION 

 Petitioner Raymond D. Walters (“Walters”) began this case on November 15, 

2019, by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. He failed, 

though, to pay the five dollar filing fee or, alternatively, file a motion for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis. The undersigned apprised him of his oversight and gave him 

up to, and including, December 20, 2019, to either pay the filing fee or file an 

application to proceed in forma pauperis. See Docket Entry 2. He was warned that in 

the event he failed to do so, the undersigned would recommend that this case be 

dismissed without prejudice. 

 December 20, 2019, has come and gone, and the Clerk of the Court has no record 

of Walters having paid the filing fee or having filed an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis. Given Walters’ failure to do so, it is recommended that this case be dismissed 

without prejudice. Judgment should be entered for respondent Dexter Payne. 

DATED this 6th day of January, 2020. 

 ________________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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