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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ALLEN YOCOM

Petitioner,

v.

KATHLEEN ALLISON, LAURA 

ELDRIDGE, AND ATTORNEY 

GENERAL

Respondents.

No. 1: 21 -cv-00187-HBK (HC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND 

PLEADINGS TO APPROPRIATE 

INSTITUTIONAL OFFICIAL

(Doc. No. 6)

Petitioner Michael Allen Yocom, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has pending a 

petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). In a motion for 

evidentiary hearing, petitioner raised claims that prison officials are subjecting him to torture, 

denying him health care, and treating him cruelly and inhumanely. (Doc. No. 6 at 1-2). The 

court regularly receives pro se notices from confined persons alleging suicide, danger of death, or 

imminent serious physical harm to themselves or to others. In an abundance of caution, the court 

will expediate notice of such allegations to the appropriate state or federal officials for whatever 

action those officials deem appropriate. 

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Clerk shall forward a copy of petitioner’s motion for emergency evidentiary 

hearing (Doc. No. 6 ) which contains allegations of suicide, danger of death, or imminent physical 

harm by a confined person to the appropriate officials at the California Health Care Facility in 

Stockton, CA for handling as officials deem appropriate.

2. The Clerk shall indicate on the docket the name of the official(s) to whom notice was 

provided and upon receipt the official shall confirm receipt thereof.

3. This Order is not a ruling on the allegations or relief requested in the pleading or the 

merits of allegations in this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2021 

HELENA M. 

BARCHKUCHTA

UNITED 

STATES 

MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE

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