Witkin v. Arnold

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/28/2014 ORDERING that petitioner shall submit, within 30 days from the date of this order, an IFP or the appropriate filing fee. Clerk is DIRECTED to send petitioner a IFP Form. (Donati, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL WITKIN,

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Petitioner,

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No. 2:14-cv-1709-EFB P

v.

ORDER

ERIC ARNOLD, Warden,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

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28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has filed an in forma pauperis affidavit, but it is incomplete and not

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signed. Petitioner will be provided the opportunity to either submit the appropriate affidavit in

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support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the appropriate filing fee ($5.00). See

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28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a).

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in

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support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis or the appropriate filing fee;
2. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this

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action be dismissed; and

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3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a copy of the in forma pauperis
form used by this district.
Dated: July 28, 2014.

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