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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE L. CRAWFORD, et al.,

Petitioners.

v.

THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, et

al., 

Respondents. ____________________________________ 

 

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No. C 10-1105 MMC (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On March 15, 2010, petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated in Bishopville, South Carolina,

filed, on behalf of himself and more than forty other prisoners, the above-titled petition for a

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. That same date, the Court notified

petitioner in writing that the action was deficient due to petitioner’s failure to pay the

requisite filing fee or, instead, to submit a completed court-approved in forma pauperis

(“IFP”) application. Petitioner was further advised that his failure to pay the filing fee or,

alternatively, to file a completed IFP application, within thirty days, would result in dismissal

of the action. Along with said notice, petitioner was sent a copy of the court-approved

prisoner’s IFP application, instructions for completing it, and a return envelope. 

More than thirty days have passed since the deficiency notice was sent to petitioner

and he has not filed an IFP application or paid the filing fee. Accordingly, the above-titled

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On April 9, 2010, the court received a letter from petitioner in which he requests

additional IFP applications for his more than forty co-petitioners. The petition, however, has

not been signed by any co-petitioner, and petitioner may not proceed on behalf of other

prisoners. Consequently, the request is denied.

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action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice.1

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 23, 2010 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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