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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

VINCENT E. GORDON,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-0916 GEB PAN P

vs.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

SACRAMENTO COUNTY,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On April 27, 2006, petitioner

initiated this action by filing a motion for a court order requiring the Clerk of the Sacramento

County Superior Court to provide to petitioner several documents from his state criminal

proceedings. Petitioner claims the documents he seeks “are legal documents and accurate proof

of existing error in fact and law; upon which the present conviction and confinement of

defendant/petitioner rest.” (Motion, filed April 27, 2006, at 1-2.) No other pleadings have been

filed by petitioner. 

In order to commence a federal habeas corpus action to challenge a state court

conviction, petitioner must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus as required by Rule 2 of the

Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254 in the United States District Courts

and he must either pay the required filing fee of $5.00 or file an application requesting leave to 

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proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any

orders on requests filed by petitioner until an action has been properly commenced. Therefore,

petitioner’s motion will be denied without prejudice. Petitioner will be provided the opportunity

to file a habeas corpus petition and to submit an application requesting leave to proceed in forma

pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s April 27, 2006 motion is denied without prejudice.

2. Petitioner is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a

habeas corpus petition that complies with the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., the Rules

Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254 in the United States District Courts, and

the Local Rules of Practice; the petition must bear the docket number assigned this case; plaintiff

must file an original and two copies of the petition. Petitioner shall also submit, within thirty

days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form

provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $5.00. Petitioner’s failure to

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

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

a habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

by a Prisoner.

DATED: June 15, 2006.

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