Rodriguez
Rodriguez v. Martinez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Case No.: 23-cv-2148-MMA (BLM)
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING NON-
v. STATUTORY MOTION REQUEST
FOR PROCEEDING FREE OF
SHERIFF KELLEY MARTINEZ, et al.,
DEFECT
[Doc. No. 12] 16 Respondents. 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, along with a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) on November 20, 2023. Doc. Nos. 1–2. The Court denied the IFP motion on December 5, 2023, because Petitioner had not submitted a current trust account statement. Doc. No. 4. Petitioner then paid the $5.00 filing fee on January 4, 2024, and the Court issued an Order to Respond to the Petition. Doc. Nos. 5, 7. Petitioner has now filed a document entitled “Non-Statutory Motion Request for Proceeding Free of Defect Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524, 532–533.” See Doc. No. 12. In Gonzalez, the Supreme…