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Parties Involved:
Robert Earnest Goldsberry
Petitioner
David Long
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT EARNEST GOLDSBERRY, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

DAVID LONG, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:13-cv-1358 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 not, however, filed an in forma pauperis 

affidavit or paid the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). Petitioner 

will be provided the opportunity to either submit the appropriate affidavit in support of a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the appropriate filing fee. Petitioner is cautioned that 

failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. 

 Petitioner has also requested the appointment of counsel. There currently exists no 

absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 

453, 460 (9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A authorizes the appointment of counsel at 

any stage of the case “if the interests of justice so require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing § 

2254 Cases. In the present case, the court does not find that the interests of justice would be 

served by the appointment of counsel at the present time. 

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

1. Petitioner’s July 8, 2013 request for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 2) is denied 

without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a later stage of the proceedings. 

2. Petitioner shall submit, within 30 days from the date of this order, an affidavit in support 

of his request to proceed in forma pauperis or the appropriate filing fee; petitioner’s 

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

dismissed. 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a copy of the in forma pauperis form 

used by this district. 

DATED: July 15, 2013 

 

 ___________________________________ 

 ALLISON CLAIRE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

AC:ls//gold1358.101a.110 

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