UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------- X : KENNETH BIRT, : Petitioner, : ORDER

– against – : 22-CV-3084 (AMD)

: MICHAEL CAPRA, : Respondent. : --------------------------------------------------------------- X

ANN M. DONNELLY, United States District Judge:

On May 31, 2022, the pro se petitioner, currently incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional

Facility, paid the filing fee to commence this action an d filed a petition for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to

. (ECF No. 3; ECF No. 5 at 1.) Pursuant to Rule 4 of the

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the Court conducted an initial review of Mr. Birt’s petition

and determined that his petition appears to be barred b y the one-year statute of limitations under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act o f 1996.

(d). On August 5, 2022, the Court issued an order to show cause, directing the petitioner to submit an affirmation, within 60 days of the entry of the order, explaining why his petition should not be dismissed as time barred. (ECF No. 6.)1 The petitioner has not responded to the Court’s order. Accordingly, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed without prejudice as time barred. See

(d). A certificate of appealability will not issue as the petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See

(c)(2). The Court certifies pursuant to

(a)(3) that any appeal

1 The August 5, 2022 order was mailed to the petitioner at the address that he provided at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. from this order would not be taken in good faith. Coppedge v. United States,

, 444- 45 (1962). SO ORDERED. s/Ann M. Donnelly ___________________________ ANN M. DONNELLY United States District Judge Dated: Brooklyn, New York October 19, 2022 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X

KENNETH BIRT,

Petitioner, -against- PETITIONER’S AFFIRMATION MICHAEL CAPRA, 22-CV-3084 (AMD)

Respondent. X

STATE OF ____________ } COUNTY OF __________ } SS:

Kenneth Birt makes the following affirmation under the penalty of perjury: I am the petitioner in this action, and I respectfully submit this affirmation in response to the Court’s Order dated __________. The instant petition should not dismissed as time barred because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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[YOU MAY ATTACH ADDITIONAL PAGES, IF NECESSARY] In view of the foregoing, it is respectfully submitted that the instant petition should be permitted to proceed.

DATED: ______________ ____________________________ Signature

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