Buckelew
Buckelew v. Gore
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DION SCOTT BUCKELEW, Case No. 20-cv-0835-BAS-AGS
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING AND
v. DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
SHERIFF WILLIAMS D. GORE, et al., CORPUS (ECF No. 1) Respondents.
16 17 On May 1, 2020, Petitioner Dion Scott Buckelew, proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Pet., ECF No. 1.) On May 19, 2020, the Court dismissed the Petition without prejudice and with leave to amend, finding that Petitioner had not paid the $5.00 filing fee nor moved to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and that the Petition did not state a cognizable claim for relief. (Order, ECF No. 2.) More than a month later, on June 24, 2020, Petitioner moved for leave to proceed IFP. (IFP Mot., ECF No. 3.) On July 8, 2020, the Court denied Petitioner’s request to proceed IFP, finding that Petitioner’s trust account statement showed he could afford the $5.00…