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Parties Involved:
LaFrance Beal
Petitioner
William Muniz
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LaFRANCE BEAL, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

WILLIAM MUNIZ, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 16-cv-0149-TEH 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

Petitioner LaFrance Beal, a state prisoner, filed a petition 

for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Docket No. 

1. On the same day the action was filed, the Court notified 

Petitioner in writing that his action was deficient because he 

did not pay the requisite $ 5.00 filing fee or, instead, submit 

with his in forma pauperis (IFP) application a completed 

certificate of funds in his prison trust account (COF) signed by 

an authorized officer and a copy of his prison trust account 

statement for the last six months. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). 

The notice informed Petitioner that if he did not pay the fee or 

submit the required documents within twenty-eight days from the 

date of the notice, his action would be dismissed and the file 

closed. 

More than twenty-eight days have passed since the notice was 

filed and Petitioner has not paid the fee or provided the Court 

with the requisite items, or otherwise communicated with the 

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Court. Accordingly, the action is DISMISSED without prejudice. 

Because reasonable jurists would not find the result here 

debatable, a certificate of appealability (“COA”) is DENIED. See 

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000) (standard for 

COA). The Clerk is directed to terminate all pending motions as 

moot and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 02/17/2016 

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THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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