UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK USDC SDNY --------------------------------------------------------X DOCUMENT BLEDAR HAXHIA, ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: __________________ Petitioner, DATE FILED: July 15, 2020

-against- 13-CV-1012 (KMW) WILLIAM LEE, Superintendent, Green Haven ORDER Correctional Facility, and ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, New York State Attorney General,

Respondents. --------------------------------------------------------X KIMBA M. WOOD, United States District Judge: The Court has received a letter from Petitioner Bledar Haxhia, dated June 24, 2020, written without the assistance of counsel. (ECF No. 39.) In the letter, Petitioner requests the Court’s guidance as to how to proceed in the above-captioned matter. Judges are forbidden to give anyone legal advice. See Plilier v. Ford,

(2004) (requiring judges to advise pro se litigants “would undermine district judges’ role as impartial decisionmakers”). The Court therefore declines to respond to the substance of Petitioner’s letter. SO ORDERED. Dated: New York, New York July 15, 2020 /s/ Kimba M. Wood KIMBA M. WOOD United States District Judge