(HC) Tejeda v. California Highway Patrol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PEDRO JOSE TEJEDA, No. 2:22-cv-1213 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 naming the California Highway Patrol as respondent. Petitioner did not, however, file an in forma pauperis affidavit or pay the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). By order dated September 2, 2022, petitioner was granted thirty days to either submit an affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. (ECF No. 4.) Petitioner was cautioned that failure to comply with that order would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. (Id.) Petitioner has not submitted an affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis, has not paid the filing fee, and has not 26 …