Nunez v. Duncan

Full title: CLAUDIO NUNEZ, Petitioner, v. GEORGE DUNCAN, Superintendent, Great Meadow…

Court: United States District Court, E.D. New York

Date published: Mar 16, 2007

07-CV-1086 (BMC) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 16, 2007)

Opinion

07-CV-1086 (BMC).

March 16, 2007

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BRIAN COGAN, District Judge

On March 9, 2007, the Court received Mr. Nunez's letter in which he seeks to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Nunez is incarcerated at Great Meadows Correctional Facility. Mr. Nunez is advised that the Court cannot act upon a letter. In order to commence a civil action in federal court challenging his custody, he must file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In light of Mr. Nunez's pro se status, however, the Clerk of Court has been directed to assign a docket number to this case solely for the purpose of this Order. The Court does not address the merits of any of Mr. Nunez's claims at this time. In order to proceed with this action, Mr. Nunez must file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus within 30 days from the date of this Order.

Mr. Nunez is further advised that the Clerk of Court has identified the respondent as the custodian of the facility where he is currently incarcerated based on the information provided in his letter and that such designation is solely for the purpose of this Order. This respondent is not required to respond to Mr. Nunez's letter. Should Mr. Nunez file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the respondent shall be identified in the caption and the Clerk of Court shall amend the instant case caption accordingly.

Finally, petitioner is advised that in order to bring a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a petitioner must first exhaust the remedies available in the state court or show that "there is an absence of available state corrective process; or circumstances exist that render such process ineffective to protect the rights of the applicant." 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254(b)(1)(B)(i)-(ii). To meet the exhaustion requirement, federal claims must be presented to the highest state court before a federal court may consider the petition. Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 275 (1971); Daye v. Attorney General, 696 F.2d 186, 190-92 (2d Cir. 1982). Therefore, if petitioner's criminal case is ongoing, his habeas petition would be premature at this time.¹

1 Petitioner is advised that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, signed into law on April 24, 1996, provides a one year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas corpus review which runs from the date a conviction is made final as follows:

A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court. The limitation period shall run from the latest of:

(A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review;

(B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the applicant was prevented from filing by such state action;

(C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or

(D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.

(2) The time during which a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending shall not be counted toward any period of limitation under this subsection.

28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(i).

CONCLUSION

The Court hereby grants Mr. Nunez 30 days leave in order to file a completed petition for a writ of habeas corpus and proceed with this action. The Clerk of Court is directed to include a form petition for a writ of habeas corpus.² The petition must bear the docket number 07-CV-1086. If Mr. Nunez fails to comply with this Order within the time allowed, the case shall be dismissed without prejudice. The Court certifies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962).

The Clerk of the Court is directed to mail a copy of this Order and the attached habeas petition form to plaintiff pro se.

SO ORDERED.

Petition for Relief From a Conviction or Sentence By a Person in State Custody (Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus) Instructions federal 28 U.S.C. § 2255in forma pauperis CAUTION: You must include in this petition all the grounds for relief from the conviction or sentence that you challenge. And you must state the facts that support each ground. If you fail to set forth all the grounds in this petition, you may be barred from presenting additional grounds at a later date. 1. To use this form, you must be a person who is currently serving a sentence under a judgment against you in a state court. You are asking for relief from the conviction or the sentence This form is your petition for relief. 2. You may also use this form to challenge a state judgment that imposed a sentence to be served in the future, but you must fill in the name of the state where the judgment was entered. If you want to challenge a judgment that imposed a sentence to be served in the future, you should file a motion under in the federal court that entered the judgment. 3. In this petition, you may challenge the judgment entered by only one court. If you want to challenge a judgment entered by a different court (either in the same state or in different states), you must file a separate petition. 4. Make sure the form is typed or neatly written. 5. You must tell the truth and sign the form under penalty of perjury. If you make a false statement, you may be prosecuted for perjury. 6. Answer all the questions. You do not need to cite law. You may submit additional pages if necessary. If you do not fill out the form properly, you will be asked to submit additional or correct information. If you want to submit a brief or arguments, you must submit them in a separate memorandum. 7. The filing fee for a petition is $5. If you cannot pay the fee, you may ask to proceed (as a poor person) by completing the attached declaration. 8. 9. If you were convicted in Brooklyn (Kings), Nassau, Queens, Staten Island (Richmond) or Suffolk County, then the Eastern District of New York is the proper Court in which to file your petition. Complete the attached form, keep a copy for yourself and send the original plus two copies (you need not copy these instructions) to: The Pro Se Office United States District Court Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, NY 11201

PETITION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2254 FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY

United States District Court include District Name (under which you were convicted): Docket or Case No.: Place of Confinement: Prisoner No.: Petitioner ( the name under which you were convicted) Respondent (authorized person having custody of petitioner) V. The Attorney General of the State of

PETITION

facts CAUTION: To proceed in the federal court, you must ordinarily first exhaust (use up) your available state-court remedies on each ground on which you request action by the federal court Also, if you fail to set forth all the grounds in this petition, you may be barred from presenting additional grounds at a later date. GROUND ONE: Direct Appeal of Ground One: not Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND TWO: Direct Appeal of Ground Two: not Post-Conviction Proceedings: Other Remedies: GROUND THREE: Direct Appeal of Ground Three: not Post-Conviction Proceedings: Other Remedies: GROUND FOUR: Direct Appeal of Ground Four: not Post-Conviction Proceedings: Other Remedies: now pending 28 U.S.C. § 2244 28 U.S.C. § 2244 1. (a) Name and location of court that entered the judgment of conviction you are challenging: _______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Criminal docket or case number (if you know): _________________________________________________________________ 2. (a) Date of the judgment of conviction (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ (b) Date of sentencing: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Length of sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. In this case, were you convicted on more than one count or of more than one crime? Yes No 5. Identify all crimes of which you were convicted and sentenced in this case: _______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. (a) What was your plea? (Check one) (1) Not guilty (3) Nolo contendere (no contest) (2) Guilty (4) Insanity plea (b) If you entered a guilty plea to one count or charge and a not guilty plea to another count or charge, what did you plead guilty to and what did you plead not guilty to? ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) If you went to trial, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one) Jury Judge only 7. Did you testify at either a pretrial hearing, trial or a post-trial hearing? Yes No 8. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes No 9. If you did appeal, answer the following: (a) Name of court: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Docket or case number (if you know): __________________________________________________________________________ (c) Result: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) Date of result (if you know): _________________________________________________________________________________ (e) Citation to the case (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ (f) Grounds raised: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) Did you seek further review by a higher state court? Yes No If yes, answer the following: (1) Name of court: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________ (3) Result: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) Date of result (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (5) Citation to the case (if you know): ______________________________________________________________________ (6) Grounds raised: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (h) Did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court? Yes No If yes, answer the following: (1) Docket or case number (if you know): ______________________________________________________________________ (2) Result: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of result (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________________ (4) Citation to the case (if you know): _______________________________________________________________________ 10. Other than the direct appeals listed above, have you previously filed any other petitions, applications, or motions concerning this judgment of conviction in any state court? Yes No 11. If your answer to Question 10 was "Yes," give the following information: (a) (1) Name of court: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: ________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion? Yes No (7) Result: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (b) If you filed any second petition, application, or motion, give the same information: (1) Name of court: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: ________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion? Yes No (7) Result: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (c) If you filed any third petition, application, or motion, give the same information: (1) Name of court: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: ________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your petition, application, or motion? Yes No (7) Result: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ____________________________________________________________________________ (d) Did you appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your petition, application, or motion? (1) First petition: Yes No (2) Second petition: Yes No (3) Third petition: Yes No (e) If you did not appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction, explain why you did not: _______________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. For this petition, state every ground on which you claim that you are being held in violation of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. Attach additional pages if you have more than four grounds. State the supporting each ground. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.):______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground One, explain why: ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes No (2) If you did raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) (1) Did you raise this issue through a post-conviction motion or petition for habeas corpus in a state trial court? Yes No (2) If your answer to Question (d)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion or petition? Yes No (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion or petition? Yes No (5) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," did you raise this issue in the appeal? Yes No (6) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (d)(4) or Question (d)(5) is "No," explain why you did not raise this issue: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) Other Remedies: Describe any other procedures (such as habeas corpus, administrative remedies, etc.) that you have used to exhaust your state remedies on Ground One: ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.):____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Two, explain why: _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes No (2) If you did raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) (1) Did you raise this issue through a post-conviction motion or petition for habeas corpus in a state trial court? Yes No (2) If your answer to Question (d)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion or petition? Yes No (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion or petition? Yes No (5) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," did you raise this issue in the appeal? Yes No (6) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (d)(4) or Question (d)(5) is "No," explain why you did not raise this issue: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) Describe any other procedures (such as habeas corpus, administrative remedies, etc.) that you have used to exhaust your state remedies on Ground Two: ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ___________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Three, explain why: _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes No (2) If you did raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) (1) Did you raise this issue through a post-conviction motion or petition for habeas corpus in a state trial court? Yes No (2) If your answer to Question (d)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion or petition? Yes No (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion or petition? Yes No (5) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," did you raise this issue in the appeal? Yes No (6) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (d)(4) or Question (d)(5) is "No," explain why you did not raise this issue: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) Describe any other procedures (such as habeas corpus, administrative remedies, etc.) that you have used to exhaust your state remedies on Ground Three: __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ___________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) If you did not exhaust your state remedies on Ground Four, explain why: ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes No (2) If you did raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) (1) Did you raise this issue through a post-conviction motion or petition for habeas corpus in a state trial court? Yes No (2) If your answer to Question (d)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion or petition? Yes No (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion or petition? Yes No (5) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," did you raise this issue in the appeal? Yes No (6) If your answer to Question (d)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (d)(4) or Question (d)(5) is "No," explain why you did not raise this issue: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) Describe any other procedures (such as habeas corpus, administrative remedies, etc.) that you have used to exhaust your state remedies on Ground Four: ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Please answer these additional questions about the petition you are filing: (a) Have all grounds for relief that you have raised in this petition been presented to the highest state court having jurisdiction? Yes No If your answer is "No," state which grounds have not been so presented and give your reason(s) for not presenting them: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Is there any ground in this petition that has not been presented in some state or federal court? If so, which ground or grounds have not been presented, and state your reasons for not presenting them: ______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Have you previously filed any type of petition, application, or motion in a federal court regarding the conviction that you challenge in this petition? Yes No If "Yes," state the name and location of the court, the docket or case number, the type of proceeding, the issues raised, the date of the court's decision, and the result for each petition, application, or motion filed. Attach a copy of any court opinions or orders, if available. _____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Do you have any petition or appeal (filed and not decided yes) in any court, either state or federal, for the judgment you are challenging? Yes No If "Yes," state the name and location of the court, the docket or case number, the type of proceeding, and the issues raised. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Give the name and address, if you know, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the judgment you are challenging: (a) At preliminary hearing: _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) At arraignment and plea: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) At trial: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) At sentencing: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) On appeal: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (f) In any post-conviction proceeding: __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) On appeal from any ruling against you in a post-conviction proceeding: ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Do you have any future sentence to serve after you complete the sentence for the judgment that you are challenging? Yes No (a) If so, give name and location of court that imposed the other sentence you will serve in the future: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Give the date the other sentence was imposed: ________________________________________________________________ (c) Give the length of the other sentence: _______________________________________________________________________ (d) Have you filed, or do you plan to file, any petition that challenges the judgment or sentence to be served in the future? Yes No 18. TIMELINESS OF PETITION: If your judgment of conviction became final over one year ago, you must explain why the one-year statute of limitations as contained in (d) does not bar your petition.* _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") as contained in (d) provides in part that: (1) A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court. The limitation period shall run from the latest of — (A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review; (B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the applicant was prevented from filing by such state action; (C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if the right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or (D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence. (2) The time during which a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending shall not be counted toward any period of limitation under this subsection.

Therefore, petitioner asks that the Court grant the following relief: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ or any other relief to which petitioner may be entitled.

___________________________________ Signature of Attorney (if any) I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was placed in the prison mailing system on __________________________________________ ________________________________________________ (month, date, year).

Executed (signed) on ________________________________ (date).

__________________________ Signature of Petitioner If the person signing is not petitioner, state relationship to petitioner and explain why petitioner is not signing this petition. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________________________________________ Plaintiff -v.- Defendant(s) ____________________________________________ I, _________________________________________, am the plaintiff in the above entitled case. I hereby request to proceed without being required to prepay fees or costs or give security therefore. I state that because of my poverty I am unable to pay the costs of said proceeding or to give security therefore, and I believe I am entitled to redress. NOT PRESENTLY EMPLOYED: YOU MUST ANSWER THIS QUESTION EVEN IF YOU ARE INCARCERATED. 1. If you are presently employed: a) give the name and address of your employer b) state the amount of your earnings per month _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. If you are a) state the date of start and termination of your last employment b) state your earnings per month _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you received, within the past twelve months, any money from my source? If so, name the source and the amount of money you received. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ a) Are you receiving any public benefits? No Yes, $____________ b) Do you receive any income from any other source? No Yes, $____________ 4. Do you have any money, including any money in a checking or savings account? If so, how much? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you own any apartment, house or building, stocks, bonds, notes, automobiles or other property? If the answer is yes, describe the property and state its approximate value. No Yes, ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. List the person(s) that you pay money to support and the amount you pay each month. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Do you pay for rent or for a mortgage? If so, how much each month? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. State any special financial circumstances which the Court should consider. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I understand that the Court shall dismiss this case if I give a false answer to any questions in this declaration. In addition, if I give a false answer I will be subject to penalties for perjury.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Dated: __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (signature)