EDISON v. ORTIZ, No. 1:2020cv02214 - Document 2 (D.N.J. 2020)

Court Description: OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 4/30/2020. (rss, n.m.)

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EDISON v. ORTIZ Doc. 2 Case 1:20-cv-02214-NLH Document 2 Filed 04/30/20 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________ : JERMAINE AQUARIUS EDISON, : : Petitioner, : Civ. No. 20-2214 (NLH) : v. : OPINION : : DAVID E. ORTIZ, : : Respondent. : ______________________________: APPEARANCE: Jermaine Aquarius Edison 07820-032 FCI Fort Dix Inmate Mail/Parcels EAST: P.O. BOX 2000 Fort Dix, NJ 08640 Petitioner Pro se HILLMAN, District Judge Petitioner Jermaine Aquarius Edison seeks to bring a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See ECF No. 1 (petition). Under the local rules, “[u]nless 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 submit his habeas petition on the Clerk’s form. Dockets.Justia.com Case 1:20-cv-02214-NLH Document 2 Filed 04/30/20 Page 2 of 2 PageID: 49 For the reason set forth above, the Clerk of Court will be ordered to administratively terminate this Petition without prejudice. 1 The Clerk will be instructed to reopen this matter once Petitioner submits the appropriate Clerk’s form. An appropriate Order will be entered. Dated: April 30, 2020 At Camden, New Jersey s/ Noel L. Hillman NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J. 1 Such an administrative termination is not a “dismissal” for purposes of the statute of limitations, and if the case is reopened pursuant to the terms of the accompanying Order, it is not subject to the statute of limitations time bar if it was originally submitted timely. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) (prisoner mailbox rule); Papotto v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 731 F.3d 265, 275-76 (3d Cir. 2013) (collecting cases and explaining that a District Court retains jurisdiction over, and can re-open, administratively closed cases). 2

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