Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HERIBERTO MENDOZA, No. 2:19-cv-02183 GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER SULLIVAN, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a former state prisoner proceeding in pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not, however filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). Petitioner will be provided the opportunity to either submit the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the appropriate filing fee. In its present form, the petition appears to include only unexhausted claims. When asked whether the grounds presented at the Third Appellate District, Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court were the same grounds as those raised in the present federal petition, petitioner answered “No.” ECF No. 1 at 2-3 ¶H. Claims presented in a federal habeas petition must be first 26 …