LAURANCE v. DAVIS et al, No. 1:2018cv17522 - Document 2 (D.N.J. 2018)

Court Description: OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 12/28/2018. (rss, n.m.)

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LAURANCE v. DAVIS et al Doc. 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY LENROY LAURANCE, Petitioner, v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al. Respondents. : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 18-cv-17522 (NLH) OPINION APPEARANCE: Lenroy Laurance, No. 000407603-E/721751 New Jersey State Prison P.O. Box 861 Trenton, NJ 08625 Petitioner Pro se HILLMAN, District Judge Pro Se Petitioner Lenroy Laurance, a prisoner presently incarcerated at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey, files this writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, to challenge a 2011 New Jersey state court conviction. Local Civil Rule 81.2 provides: Unless prepared by counsel, petitions to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus . . . shall be in writing (legibly handwritten in ink or typewritten), signed by the petitioner or movant, on forms supplied by the Clerk. L. Civ. R. 81.2(a). Petitioner did not use the habeas form supplied by the Clerk for § 2254 petitions, i.e., AO 241 (modified):DNJ-Habeas-008(Rev.01-2014). Dockets.Justia.com As a result, the Court will administratively terminate this matter and require Petitioner to submit his Petition on the correct form. An appropriate order follows. 1 Dated: December 28, 2018 At Camden, New Jersey s/ Noel L. Hillman NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J. 1 Without making any findings, the Court notes that § 2254 requires that all grounds must first be exhausted in state court, 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b), and the petition must be filed within one year of the conviction becoming final, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). 2

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