(HC) Tejeda v. California Highway Patrol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PEDRO JOSE TEJEDA, No. 2:22-cv-01213-DAD-DB (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, HABEAS PETITION Respondent. (Doc. No. 5) 16 Petitioner Pedro Jose Tejeda is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On November 8, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that this federal habeas action be dismissed without prejudice because petitioner has failed to either pay the required filing fee or file a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis, despite being ordered to do so in an order dated September 2, 2022. (Doc. No. 5.) Those findings and recommendations were served on petitioner and contained notice that any…