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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD LAWRENCE GIACOMA,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-2494 FCD GGH P

vs.

 M. VEAL, Acting Warden, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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By Order filed on September 21, 2006, petitioner’s petition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254, was dismissed upon adjudication of respondent’s motion to dismiss the application as

barred by the AEDPA statute of limitations, and judgment thereon entered. A certificate of

appealability issued on November 1, 2006, following petitioner’s October 16, 2006, notice of

appeal, and the appeal appears to be pending in the Ninth Circuit. On April 12, 2007, petitioner

asked the court in this dismissed habeas action to be granted in forma pauperis status for an

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a matter wholly unrelated to the case at issue.

If petitioner wishes to proceed, as plaintiff, in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,

he must open a new action and file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure. Also, as plaintiff, he must either pay the required filing fee or file an

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 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the 1

filing fee but will be allowed to pay it in installments.

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application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). 

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Petitioner’s inapposite request to be granted in forma pauperis status pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

1983, in this adjudicated matter, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, must be denied. However, the

court will direct the Clerk of the Court to provide petitioner with the forms that he may use to

proceed in a new action under § 1983. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s inappropriate request to be granted in forma pauperis status to

proceed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in this adjudicated habeas matter, is denied;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form for filing

a civil rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, so that he

may seek to proceed in a new action under § 1983;

3. The Clerk of the Court is also directed to note in the docket that the filing of

any additional requests by petitioner in this action to be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis in

this matter pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 will be disregarded.

DATED: 6/11/07

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH:009

giac2494.ord

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