Dionicio Cicspin Torrez, Jr. v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DIONICIO C. TORREZ, JR., Case No.: 22cv0082-GPC (AHG)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) CONSTRUING PETITION FOR KEN CLARK, Warden,

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AS

Respondent. BROUGHT PURUSANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2254,

(2) DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS,

18 and 19 (3) DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

21 On January 5, 2022, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the District Court for the Central District of California with an attached application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 1.) On January 13, 2022, the action was transferred to this Court because although the Petition was on a federal 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition form, Petitioner was challenging a state court conviction from the San Diego County Superior Court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and jurisdiction was proper in the Southern District of California. (ECF No. 3 at 1-3.) …