Welsh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD DAVID WELSH, JR., Case No.: 22-cv-01497-WQH-RBB

Petitioner,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING

v. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS AND (2)

C. CATES, Warden,

DISMISSING PETITION WITHOUT

Respondent. PREJUDICE 16 On September 29, 2022, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 6, 2022, the Court dismissed the case without prejudice because Petitioner failed to satisfy the filing fee requirement. (ECF No. 2.) In its Order, the Court notified Petitioner that in order to have his case reopened he must either pay the filing fee or provide adequate proof of his inability to pay no later than November 18, 2022. Id. On October 17, 2022, Petitioner filed a Motion to Proceed In Form Pauperis. (ECF No. 3.) REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS According to Petitioner’s trust account statement, Petitioner has…