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Timestamp: 2016-12-07 10:40:59
Document Index: 485650605

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2241', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 1983', '§ 2254', '§ 1983', '§ 1983', '§ 1983']

| Foster v. Albino
Foster v. Albino
IVAN D. FOSTER, PETITIONER,v.CHARLES E. ALBINO, ET AL., RESPONDENTS.
1. On March 30, 2009, the Clerk received Petitioner's original petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See Docket Entry No. 1.
2. Since the Petition was filed under § 2241 but contained § 2254 challenges, the Court dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction and, in addition, found it futile to construe Petitioner's submission as a § 2254 application because the Petition appeared facially unexhausted. See Docket Entries Nos. 5 and 6 (the Court's Opinion and Order dated April 28, 2009). However, out of abundance of caution, the Court notified Petitioner that, if his claims were duly exhausted in spite of the impression created by the Petition, Petitioner shall notify the Court accordingly in the event he wishes to proceed with a § 2254 action. See id.
3. On May 8, 2009, the Clerk docketed Petitioner's "Amended Petition" ("First Amended Petition"), the content of which confirmed that Petitioner's challenges are unexhausted, and his direct appellate proceedings are underway. See Docket Entry No. 9.
4. On May 14, 2009, the Clerk docketed another "Amended Petition" from Petitioner ("Second Amended Petition"); the content of that submission indicated that it was a mislabeled § 1983 civil complaint seeking compensatory damages from various entities. See Docket Entry No. 10.
5. The content of the First Amended Petition does not alter the Court's conclusions reached with regard to Petitioner's original submission; rather, it confirms the correctness of the Court's determination. Although the First Amended Petition notes Petitioner's belief that the state courts would not be able to provide Petitioner with full and fair examination of his claims, the exhaustion requirement applicable to § 2254 petitions cannot be circumvented by Petitioner's self-serving doubts as to the competence and ethics of the state court system.*fn1 Thus, even if this Court were to construe -- in alternative -- the First Amended Petition as Petitioner's motion for reconsideration, such motion should be denied.*fn2
6. The Second Amended Petition (which is a § 1983 civil complaint) cannot be entertained in this habeas action: Petitioner should raise these claims in a separate civil matter, upon either pre-paying his filing fee or duly obtaining the requered in forma pauperis status. Since Petitioner initiated numerous § 1983 actions in this District and, hence, was explained on numerous occasions the requirements for -- as well as the consequences of -- obtaining in forma pauperis status in a civil rights matter, see, e.g., Foster v. Miller, 1:09-cv-00492 (NLH), Docket Entry No. 2 (Mar. 23, 2009); Foster v. Sampson, 1:08-cv-04680 (NLH), Docket Entry No. 2 (Oct. 1, 2008), this Court finds another recitation of the same superfluous and directs Petitioner's attention to the guidance provided to him by Judge Hillman in the two above-cited matters.
THEREFORE IT IS on this 24th day of June, 2009,
ORDERED that the Clerk shall reopen this matter (for the purposes of this Court entertaining Petitioner's First and Second Amended Petitions, Docket Entries Nos. 9 and 10) by making a new and separate entry on the docket reading "CIVIL CASE REOPENED"; and it is further
ORDERED that Petitioner's First Amended Petition, Docket Entry No. 9, is dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to exhaust state remedies and the Court denies Petitioner a certificate of appealability with respect to the First Amended Petition; and it is further
ORDERED that the Second Amended Petition, Docket Entry No. 10, is dismissed without prejudice to Petitioner raising his civil rights challenges in a new and separate § 1983 matter; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk shall close this matter by making a new and separate entry on the docket reading "CIVIL CASE CLOSED"; and it is finally
ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve a copy of this Memorandum Order upon Petitioner by regular U.S. mail, together with a blank civil complaint and a blank application to proceed in forma pauperis in a civil action.