Arnold

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIEL MENDEZ, No. 2:18-cv-0715 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND ERIC ARNOLD, Warden, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a 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). Recently, petitioner was 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. (ECF No. 8.) The time for filing has now passed, and petitioner has not filed either the affidavit or the filing fee. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a district judge be assigned to this case; and IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed without prejudice. These findings and recommendations are…