Woods

Woods v. Broomfield

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaJanuary 25, 20243:24-cv-00120California1,779 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Earnest C. WOODS, II, Case No.: 24-cv-0120-AGS-AHG

Petitioner,

ORDER:

v. (1) DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF 2);

Ron BROOMFIELD, et al., (2) DISMISSING PETITION FOR A WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT

Respondents.

PREJUDICE (ECF 1);

10 (3) DENYING AS MOOT ANCILLARY

MOTIONS (ECF 3–7); AND

12 (4) DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

15 Petitioner Earnest Woods, II, is a state prisoner seeking a writ of habeas corpus 16 challenging his 1987 conviction and sentence in San Diego County Superior Court case 17 number CR 83908. (See ECF 1 at 1.) Woods has requested to proceed in forma pauperis, 18 that is without paying the court’s filing fee. (ECF 2). Woods also has filed a pile of other 19 motions. (See ECF 3–7.) Since this case must be dismissed, though, each of those is moot.

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

21 The statement of recent account activity accompanying Woods’s motion to proceed 22 in forma pauperis reflects a $2,316.13 balance in…

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