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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH WARREN PERKINS,

Petitioner,

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D.K. SISTO, Warden,

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 07-1672 MMC (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Docket Nos. 2 & 5)

On March 5, 2007, petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the abovetitled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the Eastern District

of California. On March 23, 2007, the case was transferred to this court. The instant petition

challenges a restitution fine imposed as part of a 1990 sentence on a conviction obtained in

Lake County Superior Court. Prior to filing the instant petition, petitioner filed another

petition in this district challenging the same conviction and sentence. See Perkins v. Snyder,

No. 92-3620 SBA (PR). That petition was denied on August 26, 1993, and the United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit thereafter denied petitioner’s request for a certificate

of appealabilty.

 A second or successive petition may not be filed in the district court unless the

petitioner first obtains from the appropriate United States Court of Appeals an order

authorizing the district court to consider such petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Here,

petitioner has neither sought nor obtained such an order from the United States Court of

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Accordingly, the instant petition is hereby DISMISSED.

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In light of petitioner’s lack of funds, his applications to proceed in forma pauperis are

hereby GRANTED.

This order terminates Docket Nos. 2 & 5.

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 20, 2007 _________________________ MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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