Warden
Wayne Taylor III v. Warden, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WAYNE TAYLOR III, No. 2:25-cv-0398 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN, et al., Respondents. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the court is petitioner’s ex parte motion for certified copies of case records on docket, in which petitioner seeks, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2250, certified copies of (1) the entire civil docket sheet, (2) all of respondents’ filings entered on the Civil Docket, and (3) all orders entered. ECF No. 52 at 1. Petitioner claims to need certified copies of these documents in order to prepare for and present an appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Id. at 2. The fact that the court has granted petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis does not entitle him to free copies of documents from the Court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2250, in any application for a writ of habeas corpus where…