Smith v. Arnold

Full title: TORUS SMITH, Petitioner, v. ERIC ARNOLD, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Jul 29, 2015

2:15-cv-1235 MCE GGH P (E.D. Cal. Jul. 29, 2015)

Opinion

TORUS SMITH, Petitioner, v. ERIC ARNOLD, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-1235 MCE GGH P United States District Court, E.D. California. July 29, 2015

          ORDER

          GREGORY G. HOLLOWS, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. By order of July 14, 2015, petitioner was directed to either submit the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the appropriate filing fee. Petitioner has now submitted his application to proceed in forma pauperis.

         Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

         In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: Petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.