Opinion
08-cv-367-slc.
June 30, 2008
ORDER
Petitioner Michael Leppert, a prisoner at the Dane County Jail in Madison, Wisconsin, has submitted a proposed complaint. He asks for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Because petitioner is a prisoner, he is subject to the 1996 Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. This means that before this court may decide whether he can proceed with his complaint in forma pauperis, petitioner will have to make an initial partial payment of the filing fee in the amount of $22.08 and the remainder of the fee in monthly installments even if his request for leave to proceed is denied.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that petitioner Michael Leppert is assessed $22.08 as an initial partial payment of the $350 fee for filing this case. He is to submit a check or money order made payable to the clerk of court in the amount of $22.08 on or before July 21, 2008. If, by July 21, 2008, petitioner fails to make the initial partial payment or show cause for his failure to do so, he will be held to have withdrawn this action voluntarily. In that event, the clerk of court is directed to close this file without prejudice to petitioner's filing his case at a later date.