RALPH BAKER v. ANDREA CARTER, et al.
Civil Action No. 25-2972 (ZNQ) (RLS)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
May 19, 2025
QURAISHI, District Judge
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ORDER
QURAISHI, District Judge
THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP“) filed by pro se Plaintiff Ralph Baker (“Plaintiff“). (“IFP Application,” ECF No. 4). As a result of the IFP Application, the Court conducted a sua sponte screening of the Complaint. For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Opinion,
IT IS on this 19th day of May 2025,
ORDERED that Plaintiff‘s IFP Application is hereby GRANTED; it is further
ORDERED that the claims for money damages in the Complaint against the Honorable Andrea G. Carter and the Honorable Edward M. Coleman are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; it is further
ORDERED that the claims for money damages in the Complaint against Nancy Hulett, Martha McKinney, and James Lankford are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; it is further
ORDERED that the claims that challenge Plaintiff‘s state court convictions and sentence are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff has thirty (30) days from the date of this Order to file an Amended Complaint, limited to addressing the defects as to Plaintiff‘s claim against Harry Corey; if Plaintiff does not file an Amended Complaint by that deadline or cure those defects, this matter will be dismissed with prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk is instructed to send a copy of this Order and the accompanying Opinion to Plaintiff by regular mail, and to ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this matter pending the submission of an Amended Complaint.
s/ Zahid N. Quraishi
ZAHID N. QURAISHI
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
