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Parties Involved:
Dave Davey
Respondent
Jose Alberto Perales
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ALBERTO PERALES,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVE DAVEY, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00019-SAB-HC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On November 30, 2015, Petitioner filed the instant petition in the Sacramento Division of 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1). Petitioner 

also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis the same day. (ECF No. 2). On January 7, 

2016, the Sacramento Division transferred this action to this Court. (ECF No. 5).

Title 28, United States Code, Section 1915 governs the determination of applications to 

proceed in forma pauperis. In order to proceed in court without prepayment of the filing fee, 

Petitioner must submit an affidavit demonstrating that he “is unable to pay such fees or give 

security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Although there is no set formula to determine whether 

a certain income level meets the poverty threshold under Section 1915(a)(1), courts have looked

to the federal poverty guidelines developed each year by the Department of Health and Human 

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Services. See Lint v. City of Boise, Civil Action No. 09-72-S-EJL, 2009 WL 1149442, at *2 (D. 

Idaho Apr. 28, 2009); Johnson v. Leohane, Civil Action No. 08-00432-ACK-KSC, 2008 WL 

4527065, at *1 (D. Haw. Oct. 9, 2008); Johnson v. Spellings, 579 F.Supp.2d 188, 191 (D.D.C. 

2008).

The Court has evaluated whether Petitioner meets the standard to proceed in forma 

pauperis according to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1915. Based upon the information in 

his application to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court finds that Petitioner is indigent and 

unable to pay the filing fee. 

Accordingly, Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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