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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

MONTE LEE BRIDGES, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-03-2338 JKS KJM P

vs.

D.L. RUNNELS, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Judgment was entered in this case on February 1,

2008, but petitioner has never filed a notice of appeal in this court. The court’s file reflects a

copy of a request for a certificate of appealability, addressed to the Court of Appeals, which

petitioner served on March 25 and filed in this court on April 9, 2008. 

Petitioner has now filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. The

court’s file reflects that petitioner paid the filing fee in this action and also requested to proceed

in forma pauperis. 

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Rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that a party to a

district court action who desires to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal must file a motion in the

district court which:

(A) shows in the detail prescribed by Form 4 of the Appendix of

Forms the party’s inability to pay or to give security for fees and

costs;

(B) claims an entitlement to redress; and

(C) states the issues that the party intends to present on appeal.

Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(2). 

In this case, however, petitioner has never filed a notice of appeal. Moreover,

even if the court were inclined to treat his request for a certificate of appealability as a notice of

appeal, it was filed beyond the thirty day period for filing a notice of appeal. F. R. A. P. 4(a)(1). 

Accordingly, there appears to be no valid appeal pending to justify a finding that petitioner

should proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.

Accordingly, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that petitioner’s request to proceed

in forma pauperis on appeal is denied. 

DATED: May 9, 2008. 

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