(HC) Colbourn v. The People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ORRIN TYLER COLBOURN, No. 2:23-cv-2039 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a county jail inmate 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). Additionally, petitioner did not submit his application on the proper form and it fails to provide information necessary for the court to evaluate his petition. (See ECF No. 1.) For example, it does not clearly state whether he has exhausted his claims in state court. The court requires all petitions for writ of habeas corpus be filed on the proper form which is provided by this court. Loc. R. 190(b). 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…