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Parties Involved:
Jody Morehouse
Petitioner
Warden
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JODY MOREHOUSE, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

WARDEN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:24-cv-2103 TLN SCR P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner at California Health Care Facility, has filed three motions for 

extensions of time to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus. (ECF Nos. 2, 3, 8.) No application 

for writ of habeas corpus or other pleading has been filed. In order to commence an action, 

petitioner must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus as required by Rule 3 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 cases, and petitioner must either pay the required filing fee or file an 

application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). 

The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly 

commenced. Therefore, petitioner’s motions will be denied without prejudice. Petitioner will be 

provided the opportunity to file a petition and to submit an application requesting leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis, or to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

 1. Petitioner’s motions for extension of time to file a petition for habeas corpus (ECF 

Nos. 2, 3, 8) are denied without prejudice. 

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 2. Petitioner is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a petition 

that complies with the requirements of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice; the petition must bear the docket 

number assigned this case; petitioner must file an original and two copies of the petition. 

Petitioner shall also submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the application to 

proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the 

amount of $5.00. 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 the court’s form for filing a 

petition for writ of habeas corpus, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner. 

DATED: September 6, 2024 

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