Opinion
22-cv-1357-MMA (JLB)
09-12-2022
JUAN SANCHEZ-RIVERA, A# 073-830-803, Petitioner, v. JAMISON MATUSZEWSKI, et al., Respondents.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS [Doc. No. 2]
HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO United States District Judge
Petitioner, a detainee in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Doc. No. 1. Petitioner has also filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in which he attests he has no funds on account at the facility in which he is confined. Doc. No. 2. Petitioner cannot afford the $5.00 filing fee. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Petitioner's application to proceed IFP and DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to file the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus without prepayment of the filing fee.
IT IS SO ORDERED.