Ankuda v. Massachusetts State Attorney General

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
PAUL JOSEPH ANKUDA,
Plaintiff,
v.
MASSACHUSETTS STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL
Respondent.
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Civil Action No.
25-11836-FDS
ORDER
SAYLOR, J.
Pretrial detainee Paul Joseph Ankuda, who is proceeding pro se, filed a pleading
captioned as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in which he complains
of conditions of confinement at Bridgewater State Hospital and the fact of his confinement.
Ankuda filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with the petition. In an order
dated October 23, 2025, the court denied the motion without prejudice because Ankuda had not
filed a prison account statement. The court directed Ankuda to pay the $5.00 filing fee or file a
renewed motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with a prison account statement. The
court stated that failure to do so within twenty-one days could result in dismissal of the action.
The deadline for paying the fee or filing a renewed in forma pauperis motion has lapsed
without any response from Ankuda. 	Accordingly, the court orders that this action be
DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to pay the filing fee.
So ordered.
/s/ F. Dennis Saylor IV
F. Dennis Saylor IV
Dated: January 20, 2026 	United States District Judge
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