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Parties Involved:
Debra Johnson
Respondent
Rennie Lee Pratt
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RENNIE LEE PRATT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEBRA JOHNSON,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01783-JSC 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Dkt. No. 2

On April 21, 2015, Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this petition 

for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 On the same day, the Clerk notified 

Petitioner that she had neither paid the filing fee nor completed the Court’s application to proceed 

in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Specifically, Petitioner had filed the wrong IFP application, had not 

included a trust account statement, and had not included a certificate of funds form. The Clerk 

mailed Petitioner the Court's IFP application along with the deficiency notice, as well as a stamped 

return envelope and instructions for completing the application. The instructions indicated that 

Petitioner had to file the application and include a trust account statement showing balances and 

transactions for the last six months and the certificate of funds form completed and signed by an 

authorized prison official. The notice informed her that the case would be dismissed if she did not 

either pay the filing fee (of $5.00) or file a completed IFP application within 28 days. 

More than 28 days have passed and Petitioner has not responded to the deficiency notice. 

As Petitioner has not paid the filing fee, filed a complete IFP application, shown cause why not, or 

requested and shown good cause for an extension of time, the incomplete IFP application (Dkt. 

 

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Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt. No. 1 at 7.) 

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No. 2) is DENIED, and this case is DISMISSED without prejudice to filing the petition in a new 

action in which she either pays the filing fee or completes the Court’s IFP application. 

The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 1, 2015

________________________

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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