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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

DARREN WHITNEY, Civil No. 07cv1592 LAB (PCL)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

(1) GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

 PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS;

(2) DISMISSING PETITION WITHOUT 

 PREJUDICE 

v.

A. HEDGPETH, Warden,

Respondent.

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

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Petitioner has $0.00 on account at the California correctional institution in which he is

presently confined. Petitioner cannot afford the $5.00 filing fee. Thus, the Court GRANTS

Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, and allows Petitioner to prosecute the

above-referenced action as a poor person without being required to prepay fees or costs and

without being required to post security. The Clerk of the Court shall file the Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus without prepayment of the filing fee.

FAILURE TO USE PROPER FORM

A Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus must be submitted in accordance with the Local

Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. See Rule 2(c),

28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. Presently, Petitioner has submitted an application for writ of habeas

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corpus on a non-approved form. While courts should liberally interpret pro se pleadings with

leniency and understanding, this should not place on the reviewing court the entire onus of

ferreting out grounds for relief. Cf. Burkey v. Deeds, 824 F. Supp. 190, 193 (D. Nev. 1993)

(finding that courts do not have entire onus of creating federal claim for petitioner). This Court

would have to engage in a tenuous analysis in order to attempt to identify and make sense of the

Petition and its numerous attachments. In order to comply with the Local Rules, the petition

must be submitted upon a court-approved form and in accordance with the instructions approved

by the Court. 

CONCLUSION

In light of the above, the Court:

(1) GRANTS Petitioner’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis;

(2) DISMISSES the Petition without prejudice for failure to use the proper

form.

To have this case reopened, Petitioner must, no later than November 5, 2007, file a First

Amended Petition that cures the pleading deficiencies set forth above, along with a copy of this

Order. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send Petitioner a blank First Amended

Petition form along with this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 5, 2007

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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