White v. Bunzuela

Filing 16

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 4/4/2014 DISMISSING petitioner's 11 motion to proceed IFP, without prejudice; the Clerk shall send petitioner a new ifp application; petitioner shall submit, within 30 days, a completed ifp application or pay the $5.00 filing fee; and DENYING petitioner's 9 motion for an outside medical consultation. (Yin, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HORTENSE WHITE, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:14-cv-0671 CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER MARITA BUNZUELA, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma 19 pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF Nos. 1, 11.) Petitioner has not, however, filed her 20 application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on the form used by this district. Accordingly, 21 petitioner’s application will be dismissed and she will be provided the opportunity to submit the 22 application on the appropriate form. Petitioner is cautioned that she must also provide a certified 23 copy of her prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the 24 filing of her petition. Alternatively, petitioner may pay the $5.00 filing fee for this action. 25 Petitioner has also filed a motion for an outside medical consultation. (ECF No. 9.) As 26 such relief is not available under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner’s request will be denied. See 27 Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S.749, 750-751 (2004) (“Challenges to the validity of any 28 confinement or to particulars affecting its duration are the province of habeas corpus . . . ; 1 1 requests for relief turning on circumstances of confinement may be presented in a [42 U.S.C.] § 2 1983 action.”) (internal citations omitted). 3 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 4 1. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 11) is dismissed without 5 6 7 8 prejudice; 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner; 3. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a completed 9 application to proceed in forma pauperis or, alternatively, pay the $5.00 filing fee for this action. 10 Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be 11 dismissed without prejudice; and 12 13 4. Petitioner’s motion for an outside medical consultation (ECF No. 9) is denied. Dated: April 4, 2014 _____________________________________ CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 / whit0671.3d 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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