Vittatoe v. Mathes, No. 2:2014cv00230 - Document 3 (E.D. Tenn. 2015)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION as set forth in following order. Signed by District Judge R Leon Jordan on 3/6/15. (c/m)(ABF)

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Vittatoe v. Mathes Doc. 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT GREENEVILLE FRED L. VITTATOE, Petitioner, v. CHRIS MATHES, Sheriff, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No.: 2:14-cv-230-RLJ MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Fred L. Vittatoe, a prisoner in the Carter County Detention Center, filed what was deemed to be a prose application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1). However, because the petitioner failed to pay the $5.00 filing fee or seek in forma pauperis status, the Court entered a Deficiency Order advising that he must either pay the fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis and also warning him that, unless he paid the fee or filed the motion within thirty (30) days, the Court would assume that he did not wish to proceed in the matter and would dismiss his case without prejudice (Doc. 2). More than thirty days have passed, and petitioner has failed to submit either the filing fee or a completed in forma pauperis application, as he was instructed to do, or otherwise respond to the February 22, 2015 Order. Dockets.Justia.com Accordingly, the Court assumes that petitioner has no desire to proceed in this habeas corpus case and will DISMISS his petition without prejudice for want of prosecution. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4l(b). Finally, the Court concludes that petitioner has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right because jurists of reason would not disagree about the correctness of this procedural ruling. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473 (2000); Murphy v. Ohio, 263 F.3d 466, 467 (6th Cir. 2001); Porterfield v. Bell, 258 F.3d 484, 487 (6th Cir. 2001). Thus, the Court will also DENY issuance of a certificate ofappealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253; Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). A separate judgment will enter. ENTER: UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 2

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