Tichenor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CURTIS KEITH TICHENOR, Case No.: 19cv1596 MMA (JLB)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE L.J. MILUSNIC, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He has not paid the $5.00 filing fee and has not filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The case cannot proceed until Petitioner has either paid the $5.00 filing fee or qualified to proceed in forma pauperis. Further, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California does not appear to be the proper venue for Petitioner’s claims. In his Petition, Petitioner contends that his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is “unconstitutional and/or void according to Rehaif v. United States, No. 17-9560 [because] [t]he indictment failed to state all elements…