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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federa

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

:

JOSE GIOVANNI HERNAN TORRES, :

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Petitioner, : Civil Action No.: 13-7044 (SDW)

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v. : MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

:

ERIC H. HOLDER, et al., :

: 

Respondents. :

:

This matter having come before the Court on Petitioner’s 

submission of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2241, and it appearing that:

1. Petitioner is an immigration detainee confined at the

Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama, at the time 

he submitted this habeas petition for filing.

2. On November 19, 2013, Petitioner filed this petition 

for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, 

challenging his prolonged detention pending removal without an 

individualized bond hearing for release under supervision. 

3. Petitioner neither prepaid the $5.00 filing fee for a

habeas petition as required by Local Civil Rule 54.3(a), nor 

submitted a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis

(“IFP”) that contains a certification by an authorized official 

at his place of confinement certifying Petitioner’s 

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institutional account for the preceding six months, as required 

under L.Civ.R. 81.2(b).

IT IS THEREFORE on this _22nd_ day of _November__, 2013,

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall administratively 

terminate this case for Petitioner’s failure to either pay the 

requisite filing fee of $5.00 or submit a complete application

to proceed in forma pauperis; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall supply to 

Petitioner a blank form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

in a Habeas Corpus Case (DNJ-PRO-SE-007-B.pdf), for use by a 

prisoner; and it is further

ORDERED that, if Petitioner wishes to reopen this action, 

he shall so notify the Court within 30 days of the date of entry 

of this Order, in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Court, 

Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, 

Room 4015, Newark, New Jersey 07101; Petitioner’s writing shall 

include either: (1) a complete in forma pauperis application, 

including a certification of Petitioner’s institutional account, 

as required by Local Civil Rule 81.2(b); or (2) the $5 filing 

fee; and it is finally

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ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of 

this Order upon Petitioner by regular U.S. mail, and close this 

case accordingly.

s/ Susan D. Wigenton 

SUSAN D. WIGENTON

United States District Judge

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