Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH LEWIS, Case No. 21-cv-1266-BAS-KSC

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

v.

R.J. DONOVAN, Respondent. 16 On October 19, 2021, this Court ordered Petitioner Kenneth Lewis to show cause by no later than November 29, 2021 as to why this action should not be dismissed for his failure to either pay the $5.00 filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Order to Show Cause (“OSC”), ECF No. 4.) This Court had previously informed Petitioner on July 30, 2021 of his noncompliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (requiring filing fee of $5.00 in connection with applications for writ of habeas corpus) and 28 U.S.C. 1915(a) (requiring petitioners who cannot make prepayment of fees or security to submit affidavit including statement of assets), when it dismissed without prejudice Petitioner’s initial Petition for his failure to name a proper respondent, to adequately allege exhaustion of state remedies, to state…