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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODNEY LEE RIGGINS, Civil

No.

13cv1447-GPC (RBB)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

v.

AMY MILLER, Warden, et al., 

Respondents.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for a Writ of

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has failed to pay the $5.00

filing fee and has failed to move to proceed in forma pauperis.

This Court cannot proceed until Petitioner has either paid the $5.00 filing fee or

qualified to proceed in forma pauperis. See Rule 3(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. 

CONCLUSION

The Court DISMISSES the Petition without prejudice for failing to satisfy the

filing fee requirement. To have this case reopened, Petitioner must, no later than 1

The Court notes that because Petitioner indicates that his claims are still pending in the California 1

Supreme Court (see Pet. at 6-9), the Court would ordinarily also dismiss the Petition under the abstention

doctrine announced in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). Under Younger, federal courts may not interfere

with ongoing state criminal proceedings absent extraordinary circumstances. Id. at 45-46;see Middlesex County

Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Ass’n, 457 U.S. 423, 431 (1982)(Younger “espouse[d] a strong federal policy

against federal-court interference with pending state judicial proceedings.”) These concerns are particularly

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August 21, 2013: (1) pay the $5.00 filing fee OR submit adequate proof of his inability

to pay the fee. The Clerk of Court shall send a blank Southern District of California in

forma pauperis application to Petitioner along with a copy of this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 25, 2013

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

important in the habeas context where a state prisoner’s conviction may be reversed in state court, thereby

rendering the federal issues moot. Sherwood v. Tompkins, 716 F.2d 632, 634 (9th Cir. 1983). However, a

review of the California Supreme Court website indicates that Petitioner’s habeas petition in that court was

denied on June 12, 2013. See www.courts.ca.gov (last visited June 21, 2013); see also Daniels-Hall v. Nat’l

Educ. Ass’n, 629 F.3d 992, 998-99 (9th Cir. 2010) (holding that court may take judicial notice of information

posted on government website, the accuracy of which is undisputed).

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