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Parties Involved:
Thomas Lee Fritz
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS LEE FRITZ, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 15-cv-00645-DMR (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

Petitioner filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus on a form indicating it was 

filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

This action has been assigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), with written consent of all parties, a magistrate judge may 

conduct all proceedings in a case, including entry of judgment. Appeal will be directly to the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(3). 

On March 17, 2015, Petitioner consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this matter. 

Dkt. 5. 

 In an Order dated April 17, 2015, after conducting a preliminary review of the petition, the 

court found the record did not contain enough information to permit it to ascertain whether 

Petitioner intended to file a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, or a petition under either 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2241 or 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. 9. The court dismissed the petition and granted Petitioner 

twenty-eight days to file an amended petition curing the pleading deficiencies, or to suffer 

dismissal of the petition without prejudice. The court also denied Petitioner’s application for in 

forma pauperis status because he had more than sufficient funds to pay the filing fee. He was 

directed to pay the $5.00 filing fee within twenty-eight days, and instructed that the failure to do 

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so would result in the dismissal of the petition without prejudice. 

More than twenty-eight days have passed, and Petitioner has neither filed an amended 

petition nor paid the $5.00 filing fee. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED without prejudice. 

The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment, terminate all pending motions, and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

______________________________________ 

DONNA M. RYU 

United States Magistrate Judge 

May 22, 2015

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