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Parties Involved:
Gerrod Lonzell Herndon
Petitioner
People of California
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GERROD LONZELL HERNDON, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-2191 WBS AC 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, is currently incarcerated at North Kern State 

Prison, in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). 

Petitioner has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

Petitioner has not, however, submitted the certificate portion of the in forma pauperis application 

that must be filled out and signed by an authorized prison official. See Rule 3(a)(2), Rules 

Governing § 2254 Cases. Petitioner will be provided another opportunity to submit a fully 

completed application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

 Petitioner is advised that the Clerk of the Court will be directed to send petitioner a copy 

of the in forma pauperis application currently used by this court. Petitioner should complete the 

IFP application form and return it to the court. By signing page two of the IFP application form, 

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petitioner may authorize CDCR to provide a certified copy of petitioner’s trust account statement 

directly to the court. 

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

1. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 11) is denied without 

prejudice; 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall provide petitioner with a copy of the in forma pauperis 

application used by this court; and 

3. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a fully completed 

in forma pauperis application. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result 

in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 41(b). 

DATED: November 4, 2016 

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