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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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The five dollar ($5.00) filing fee is set pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

James Thurman Montgomery, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Dora B. Schriro, et al.,

Respondents. 

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No. CV-06-1083-PHX-MHM (JCG)

ORDER

James Thurman Montgomery (Petitioner), presently confined in the Cocopah Unit of

the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma, Arizona (ASPC-Yuma), filed with the Clerk of

the Court on April 18, 2006 a “Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus By A Person In State

Custody Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Non-Death Penalty)” (Document #1) (Petition).

Petitioner has not paid the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee,1

 or filed an “Application To Proceed

In Forma Pauperis By A Prisoner (Habeas)” (Application To Proceed) with the Petition.

FILING FEE OR APPLICATION TO PROCEED 

Rule 3.5(b) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure (LRCiv) requires that “[i]f a habeas

corpus petitioner desires to prosecute the petition in forma pauperis, the petitioner shall file

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The Court has prepared and approved the Application To Proceed form to meet the

requirements of LRCiv 3.5(b).

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an application to proceed [in forma pauperis] on a form approved by the Court, accompanied

by a certification of the warden or other appropriate officer of the institution in which the

petitioner is confined as to the amount of money or securities on deposit to the petitioner’s

credit.” Payment of the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee is required by LRCiv 3.5(b) if a

petitioner has in excess of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in his inmate account. 

Because Petitioner has not paid the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee, or filed an

Application To Proceed, Petitioner will be given thirty (30) days from the filing date of this

Order to file a properly executed and certified Application To Proceed, using the form

included with this Order,2

 or to pay the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee.

FAILURE TO SIGN PETITION

Pursuant to LRCiv 7.1(b)(1), all pleadings must be signed as provided in Rule 11 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Moreover, LRCiv 3.5(a) specifically requires that

petitions by prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 must be signed by the petitioner.

However, the Petition that Petitioner filed in this action is not signed by Petitioner as required

by LRCiv 3.5(a) and 7.1(b)(1), and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

Accordingly, Petitioner will be given thirty (30) days to either: 1) file a completed and

signed Certificate, on the form included with this Order, certifying that Petitioner’s signature

on the Certificate shall serve as an original signature on his Petition for the purposes of

LRCiv 3.5(a) and 7.1(b)(1), and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or 2) file

an amended petition that contains Petitioner’s original signature. 

WARNING

Petitioner is warned that if he fails to file the required Certificate, or an amended

petition, with the Court within thirty (30) days from the filing date of this Order, the Petition

will be stricken pursuant to Rule 11(a) of the Rules of Federal Procedure (“unsigned paper

shall be stricken unless omission of the signature is corrected promptly after being called to

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the attention of the attorney or party”), and the action dismissed pursuant to Rule 41(b) of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258 (9th Cir.)

(District Court may dismiss action for failure to comply with any order of the Court), cert.

denied, 506 U.S. 915 (1992). Indeed, if Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision

of this Order, or any order entered in this matter, this action will be dismissed pursuant to

Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Plaintiff is also warned that pursuant to LRCiv 15.1(a)(2), any amended petition he

may file may not incorporate any part of the original Petition by reference. Any amended

petition submitted by the Petitioner should also be clearly designated as an amended petition

on the face of the document. Furthermore, all causes of action alleged in the original Petition

which are not alleged in an amended petition will be waived, and an amended petition will

supersede the original Petition. Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 F.2d 1542,

1546 (9th Cir. 1990) (“an amended pleading supersedes the original”); King v. Atiyeh, 814

F.2d 565 (9th Cir. 1987). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:

(1) That Petitioner SHALL HAVE thirty (30) days from the filing date of this Order

to file a properly executed and certified “Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A

Prisoner (Habeas),” using the Court-approved form included with this Order, or pay the five

dollar ($5.00) filing fee;

(2) That the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to enter a judgment of dismissal

without prejudice of this action, without further notice to Petitioner, if Petitioner fails to

submit a properly executed and certified “Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A

Prisoner (Habeas),” or pay the five dollar ($5.00) filing fee, within thirty (30) days from the

filing date of this Order;

(3) That Petitioner SHALL HAVE thirty (30) days from the filing date of this Order

to either: 1) file a completed and signed Certificate, on the form included with this Order,

certifying that Petitioner’s signature on the Certificate shall serve as an original signature on

his Petition for the purposes of LRCiv 3.5(a) and 7.1(b)(1), and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules

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of Civil Procedure, or 2) file an amended petition on a Court-approved form that contains

Petitioner’s original signature with the Court; 

(4) That the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to strike Petitioner’s Petition and enter

a dismissal of this action, without further notice to Petitioner, if within thirty (30) days from

the filing date of this Order Petitioner has failed to either: 1) file a completed and signed

Certificate on the form included with this Order, certifying that Petitioner’s signature on the

Certificate shall serve as an original signature on his Petition for the purposes of LRCiv

3.5(a) and 7.1(b)(1), and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or 2) file an

amended petition that contains Petitioner’s original signature with the Court;

(5) That aside from the two (2) copies of a petition or amended petition that must be

submitted pursuant to LRCiv 3.5(a), a clear, legible copy of every pleading or other

document filed SHALL ACCOMPANY each original pleading or other document filed with

the Clerk for use by the District Judge or Magistrate Judge to whom the case is assigned. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to submit a copy along with the original pleading or document will

result in the pleading or document being stricken without further notice to Petitioner;

(6) That at all times during the pendency of this action, Petitioner SHALL

IMMEDIATELY ADVISE the Court of any change of address and its effective date. Such

notice shall be captioned “NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.” The notice shall contain

only information pertaining to the change of address and its effective date, except that if

Petitioner has been released from custody, the notice should so indicate. The notice shall not

include any motions for any other relief. Failure to file a NOTICE OF CHANGE OF

ADDRESS may result in the dismissal of the action for failure to prosecute pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b);

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(7) That the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to provide Petitioner with current

Court-approved forms for filing an “Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A

Prisoner (Habeas)” and a “Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus By A Person In State Custody

Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Non-Death Penalty),” and also a "Certificate" form. 

DATED this 12th day of June, 2006.

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