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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNY M. BROWN,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVID BAUGHMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 17-cv-01409-JCS (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Dkt. Nos. 2, 7 and 9

Petitioner has not complied with the Court’s order to (1) perfect his application to 

proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), or (2) pay the full filing fee of $5.00. His IFP 

application is incomplete because it does not contain a properly completed and signed 

Certificate of Funds. The one submitted is blank. Accordingly, the action is DISMISSED 

without prejudice for failing to respond to the Court’s order, and for failure to prosecute, 

see Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).1 

Because this dismissal is without prejudice, petitioner may move to reopen the 

action. Any such motion must contain a properly completed and signed Certificate of 

Funds, or full payment for the filing fee of $5.00.

Petitioner’s IFP application (Dkt. Nos. 2 and 7) is DENIED as insufficient. 

His motion for the appointment of counsel (Dkt. No. 9) is DENIED without 

prejudice. Petitioner may file a new motion when he files his IFP paperwork. 

 

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Petitioner consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (Dkt. No. 5.) The magistrate judge, 

then, has jurisdiction to decide this motion, even though respondent has not been served or 

consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530, 532 (5th 

Cir. 1995) 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

The Clerk shall terminate Dkt. Nos. 2, 7 and 9, enter judgment in favor of 

respondent, and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 2, 2017

_________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

 Chief Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNY M. BROWN,

Plaintiff,

v.

DAVID BAUGHMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 17-cv-01409-JCS 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 2, 2017, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Kenny M. Brown ID: ID: V22473

CMC-East Facility (Cell # 5134)

P.O. Box 8101

San Luis Obispo, CA 93409-8101 

Dated: May 2, 2017

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Karen Hom, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JOSEPH C. SPERO

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