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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY L. RUSSELL,

Petitioner,

v.

MARK PETERSON, et al.,

Respondents.

Case No. 14-cv-05291-JCS (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner has failed to comply with the Court’s order to (1) perfect his application 

to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), or (2) pay the full filing fee of $5.00. His IFP 

application is incomplete because it does not contain a prison trust account statement 

showing transactions for the last six months. Accordingly, the action is DISMISSED 

without prejudice for failing to respond to the Court’s order, and for failure to prosecute, 

see Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).1 Because this dismissal is without prejudice, petitioner may 

move to reopen the action. Any such motion must contain (1) a prison trust account 

statement showing transactions for the last six months, or (2) full payment for the filing 

fee of $5.00. Petitioner’s IFP application (Docket Nos. 2 and 4) is DENIED as 

insufficient. The Clerk shall terminate Docket Nos. 2 and 4, enter judgment in favor of 

respondents, and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2015

_________________________

 JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Chief Magistrate Judge

 

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Petitioner has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (Pet. at 7.) The magistrate 

judge, then, has jurisdiction to decide this motion, even though respondents have not been 

served or consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530, 

532 (5th Cir. 1995).

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY L. RUSSELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARK PETERSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05291-JCS 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on 1/22/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office.

Larry L. Russell ID: AR8643

California State Prison-Solano

P.O. Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696-4000 

Dated: 1/22/2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Karen Hom, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JOSEPH C. SPERO

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