Dorey
Dorey v. Gore
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEIGHTON B. DOREY, IV, Case No.: 20-CV-1772 TWR (MSB)
Petitioner,
ORDER (1) DISMISSING CASE
v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND (2)
DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED
WILLIAM GORE, County Sheriff,
IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT
Respondent. (ECF No. 2)
Petitioner, a person detained at the San Diego County San Diego Central Jail awaiting retrial following a hung jury, has filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1–2.) He states that he is currently proceeding pro se in state court preparing for retrial, and that his rights to due process, a fair and speedy trial, and meaningful access to the courts are being denied because the San Diego Central Jail “does not afford the petitioner ample and appropriate law library access as required by the extraordinarily complex and challenging demands of a capital murder defense,…