Opinion
Civil Action No. 06-cv-01013-BNB.
June 22, 2006
ORDER DIRECTING APPLICANT TO FILE AMENDED PLEADING
Applicant C. Eli-Jah Hakeem Muhammad, a.k.a. Christopher Mitchell, is a prisoner in the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons at ADX Florence. Applicant has filed a pro se Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The Court must construe the Application liberally, because Applicant is a pro se litigant. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972); Hall v. Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991). However, the Court should not act as a pro se litigant's advocate. See Hall, 935 F.2d at 1110. For the reasons stated below, Applicant will be ordered to file an amended pleading.
The Court finds that upon review of the grievances that Applicant has attached to the application form in this case, his writing clearly is more legible in the attachments than it is in either the forms or other filings he prepares for submission to the Court. Applicant, therefore, is instructed to use the same legible writing in documents he submits to the Court that he is found to use in other correspondence. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Applicant file within thirty days from the date of this Order an amended pleading that complies with this Order. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court mail to Applicant, together with a copy of this order, two copies of the following forms: Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that, if Applicant fails within the time allowed to file an original and sufficient copies of an amended pleading that complies with this Order, to the Court's satisfaction, the action will be dismissed without further notice.