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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWIGHT TAMPLIN,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM MUNIZ, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 1:12-cv-01633-AWI-SKO HC

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 

PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR 

WAIVER OF APPELLATE FILING FEE

ORDER DECLINING TO ISSUE 

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(Doc. 73)

Petitioner, a state prisoner appealing this Court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, moves the Court for waiver of the appellate filing fee. A 

petitioner who was authorized to file in forma pauperis in the District Court may proceed on 

appeal without further authorization unless the District Court finds that the appeal is not taken in 

good faith or that the petitioner is not otherwise entitled to proceed in forma pauperis.

F.R.App.P. 24(a)(3).

On October 5, 2012, the Court authorized Petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis. Doc. 

4. The Court has not found that the appeal is not taken in good faith1or that Petitioner is not 

otherwise entitled to continue without payment of the filing fee. This means that Petitioner’s 

appeal may proceed without the District Court’s waiving the appellate filing fee. As such, 

 

1 Although the District Court did not find the appeal to be taken in bad faith, it declined to issue a certificate of 

appealability. Doc. 71. Accordingly, Petitioner must petition the appellate court for a certificate of appealability 

pursuant to F.R.App.P. 22.

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Petitioner’s motion for waiver of appellate filing fee is hereby DENIED as moot.

The Court has also considered Petitioner’s motion for reconsideration of its declination to 

issue a certificate of appealability. Petitioner has presented no new grounds for issuance of a 

certificate of appealability. For the same reasons that the Court denied Petitioner’s request for a 

certificate of appealability on May 2, 2016, see Docs. 69 and 71, the court again DECLINES to 

issue a certificate of appealability.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 5, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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