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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA R. MATHIS,

Petitioner,

v.

W. Z. JENKINS, II, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 18-cv-07499-DMR (PR)

ORDER REOPENING ACTION

On May 8, 2019, this federal habeas corpus action1 was dismissed because Petitioner failed 

to pay the $5.00 filing fee even after she was granted an extension of time to do so. Dkt. 25. 

Petitioner has since filed a motion requesting the court to reopen this action. Dkt. 26. 

Petitioner explains that she attempted to follow the “proper procedures” at the prison in order to

pay the filing fee, but to no avail. Id. at 1-2. Petitioner adds that she had “authorized the payment 

to be withdrawn from [her] account,” but as of May 15, 2019 “the payment was still here at the 

facility.” Id. at 2. Thus, it is evident that Petitioner had made efforts to pay the filing fee, and 

that, through no fault of her own, the fee was never sent to the court. See id.

For the reasons above, the action is REOPENED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to 

modify the docket accordingly. The judgment (Dkt. 25) and the order of dismissal (Dkt. 24) are 

VACATED. 

In a separate written Order, the court will sua sponte grant Petitioner a second extension of 

time to pay the filing fee, direct the prison to assist her in sending the filing fee, and set a briefing 

schedule.

 

1 Both parties consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction, and this matter had been assigned 

to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. Dkts. 6, 17.

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This Order terminates Docket No. 26.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2019 

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA R. MATHIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

W.Z. JENKINS,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:18-cv-07499-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on August 2, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Eureka R. Mathis ID: 22038076

Federal Correctional Institution

5701 8th St. Camp Parks

Dublin, CA 94568 

Dated: August 2, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

 

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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