Opinion
No. 2:12-cv-0748 LKK EFB P
07-09-2012
DIWON WHITE, Petitioner, v. RICK HILL, Respondent.
ORDER
Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
A petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus either must pay the $5.00 filing fee, see 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or request leave of court to proceed in forma pauperis, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Petitioner requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dckt. No. 6. However, petitioner has already paid the $5.00 filing fee. Accordingly, his request to proceed in forma pauperis is denied as unnecessary.
So ordered.
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EDMUND F. BRENNAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE