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Parties Involved:
Timothy Paul Lucero
Petitioner
The People
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TIMOTHY PAUL LUCERO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

THE PEOPLE, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:23-cv-02852-EFB (HC) 

ORDER 

Petitioner is a county jail inmate without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus either must pay the $5.00 filing 

fee, see 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or request leave of court to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a); Rule 3(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. An IFP application must 

include “a certificate from the warden or other appropriate officer at the place of confinement 

showing the amount of money or securities that the petitioner has in any account in the 

institution.” Rule 3(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. 

Petitioner has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 6. However, 

the certificate portion of the application has not been signed by the warden or other appropriate 

officer at plaintiff’s institution. Plaintiff has written beneath the certificate section of the form 

application, “I can’t get the trust account, sent it out. Please bill me the $5.00.” Id. 

 Within 30 days from the day this order is served, petitioner must submit the $5 filing fee 

or a completed IFP application. Alternatively, should petitioner find that the actions of 

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institutional staff prevent him from completing the application or paying the fee, petitioner must 

file an affidavit within 30 days of service of this order informing the court of the steps he has 

taken to pay the fee or have the certificate completed and how his attempts have been frustrated. 

Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be 

dismissed. 

 So ordered. 

Dated: August 2, 2024 

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