HT1414 My iPad went dead and now I can't turn off iCloud to do a restore. Any advice?

My iPad just stopped working. I tried to follow the directions to restore it to factory settings, but it is asking me to turn off iCloud first. I can't do that since all I have is a black screen. I had 50% battery, so it's not a charging issue. Any suggestions on what to do?

Follow these instructions and place the iPad in recovery mode and restore via iTune
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode

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