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5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 |} KEITH THOMAS, Case No.: 3:22-cv-0409-BAS-MSB Plaintiff, ORDER: 13 || Vv. || MARCUS POLLARD, Warden, PROC EN IN FORM. Defendant. PAUPERIS (ECF No. 3), AND 2. DISMISSING PETITION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE □

On March 25, 2022, Petitioner Keith Thomas (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ || of habeas corpus (the “Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Pet., ECF No. 1.) On || March 29, 2022, the Court dismissed the Petition without prejudice because Petitioner had || failed to satisfy the filing fee requirement. (Order, ECF No. 2.) In its Order, the Court |/notified Petitioner that to have his case reopened, he must either pay the filing fee or ||provide adequate proof of his inability to pay, no later than May 27, 2022. (dd. at 1.) || Petitioner filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) on May 25, 2022. (Mot., || ECF No. 3.) //

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