Farr v. Guerrero

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
JACOB D. FARR,
Petitioner,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00066
ERIC GUERRERO,
Respondent.
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION TO DENY
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
Petitioner filed this petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his current
custody status (D.E. 1). Pending is his application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
(D.E. 7). Petitioner's trust fund statement reflects a balance of $33.08. (D.E. 8). The filing
fee is $5.00. Petitioner can afford to pay the $5.00 filing fee.
It is respectfully recommended that Petitioner's application for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis (D.E. 7) be denied, and that Petitioner be ordered to pay the $5.00 filing
fee within thirty (30) days.
Respectfully submitted on April 21, 2026.
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Julie K. Hampton
United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
April 21, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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NOTICE TO PARTIES
The Clerk will file this Memorandum and Recommendation and transmit a copy to
each party or counsel. Within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS after being served with a copy of
the Memorandum and Recommendation, a party may file with the Clerk and serve on the
United States Magistrate Judge and all parties, written objections, pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 72(b), 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), General Order No. 2002-13, United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas.
A party’s failure to file written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions,
and recommendation in a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation within
FOURTEEN (14) DAYS after being served with a copy shall bar that party, except upon
grounds of plain error, from attacking on appeal the unobjected-to proposed factual
findings and legal conclusions accepted by the district court. Douglass v. United Servs.
Auto Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996)(en banc).
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