Benavides v. Montgomery
Filing
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ORDER Granting Motion To Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 2 ). Signed by Judge Cynthia Bashant on 1/6/2022. (All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service) (ddf) .
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JOHN AMOS BENAVIDES,
Petitioner,
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(ECF No. 2)
v.
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W.L. MONTGOMERY,
Respondent.
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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for Writ of
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Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (ECF No. 1),1 together with a request to
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proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (ECF No. 2). Petitioner represents that he has $0.00 on
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account at the California correctional institution in which he is presently confined.
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Therefore, Petitioner cannot afford the $5.00 filing fee.
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Consequently, the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s application to proceed IFP, and allows
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Petitioner to prosecute this action without being required to prepay fees or costs and
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See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).
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On the same day that he commenced this action, Petitioner also filed a motion to stay proceedings
so that he could “exhaust a couple of other claims through [California] state court.” (ECF No. 3.) That
motion is pending.
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without being required to post security. The Clerk of Court shall file the Petition for Writ
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of Habeas Corpus without prepayment of the filing fee.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: January 6, 2022
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