(HC) Griffin v. Price ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01507-SAB-HC 12 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 13 v. PAUPERIS AS MOOT 14 BRANDON PRICE, (ECF No. 10) 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 18 U.S.C. § 2254. 19 Petitioner has submitted a document entitled “Respondent’s Status Conference Brief, 20 Motion for SVPA Speedy Trial, Declaration of Attorney, Construed Leave to File or to Amend 21 Pending Motion.” (ECF No. 10). The filing is 135 pages and contains in forma pauperis 22 documents, trust account statements, and various documents submitted in Petitioner’s other cases 23 in numerous courts. The Court construes the document as a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 24 See Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 381-82 (2003) (courts may recharacterize a pro se 25 motion to “create a better correspondence between the substance of a pro se motion’s claim and 26 its underlying legal basis”); Bernhardt v. Los Angeles County, 339 F.3d 920, 925 (9th Cir. 2003) 27 (courts have a duty to construe pro se pleadings and motions liberally). /// 1 This Court previously authorized Petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis on October 13, 2 | 2021. (ECF No. 6). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion to proceed 3 | in forma pauperis (ECF No. 10) is DENIED as MOOT. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 6 | Dated: _ December 21, 2021 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28