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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 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

CURTIS DORSEY PETITIONER 

v. NO. 4:19-cv-00797 KGB/PSH 

STATE OF ARKANSAS RESPONDENT 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 

INSTRUCTIONS 

 The following proposed Findings and Recommendation have been sent to United 

States District Judge Kristine G. Baker. 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 Curtis Dorsey (“Dorsey”) began this case on November 14, 2019, by 

filing documents that the Clerk of the Court construed as a petition for writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 and as a brief in support of the petition. See Docket 

Entry 1, 2. Dorsey 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 26, 2019, to either pay the filing 

fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis. See Docket Entry 3. He was 

warned that in the event he failed to do so, the undersigned would recommend that 

this case be dismissed without prejudice. 

 December 26, 2019, has come and gone, and the Clerk of the Court has no record 

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

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

without prejudice. Judgment should be entered for respondent State of Arkansas. 

DATED this 6th day of January, 2020. 

 ________________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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