Parsons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AARON ATLEE PARSONS, Case No. 14-cv-04833-HSG

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON

v. APPEAL; DENYING REQUEST FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ON

LANDON BIRD, APPEAL; REVOKING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS

Respondent. Re: Dkt. Nos. 92, 93

13 Petitioner, a pro se prisoner housed at Valley State Prison,1 filed this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Now pending before the Court are Petitioner’s requests to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal and for appointment of counsel to represent him on appeal. Dkt. Nos. 92, 23. For the reasons set forth below, these requests are DENIED. DISCUSSION I. Procedural History On October 27, 2015, the Court found that the instant petition was untimely by five days pursuant to the governing precedent at that time. The Court further found that Petitioner might be 22 1 The Clerk of…