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Parties Involved:
F. Foulk
Respondent
James Riggins
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES RIGGINS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

F. FOULK, 

Respondents. 

No. 2:15-cv-1718 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has filed an in forma pauperis affidavit. ECF 

No. 6. However, the form used by petitioner does not contain the certificate portion to be filled 

out and signed by an authorized prison official. See Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, Rule 

3(a)(2). Petitioner will be provided with an in forma pauperis application that includes the 

required certificate portion and another opportunity to submit a fully completed application to 

proceed in forma pauperis. 

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

 1. Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 6) is denied without 

prejudice. 

2. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in 

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis that includes the required certificate portion 

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filled out and signed by an authorized prison official. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this 

order will result in dismissal of this action; and 

 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

DATED: September 23, 2015 

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