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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRESTON ALONZO HOWELL,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD A. BECKLEY,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-1812 GEB CKD P

ORDER AND

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On September 16, 2016, the court recommended that this 

action be dismissed for petitioner’s failure to file a completed application to proceed in forma 

pauperis. A completed application to proceed in forma pauperis has now been filed by petitioner. 

Therefore, the court will vacate the September 16, 2016 findings and recommendations.

Examination of petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis reveals that petitioner is 

unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

Under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the court must review all 

petitions for writ of habeas corpus and summarily dismiss any petition if it is plain that the 

petitioner is not entitled to relief. The court has conducted that review.

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A review of court records reveals petitioner has already challenged the convictions and 

sentences at issue in this action in 2:02-cv-1376 GEB JFM P. Therefore, before petitioner can 

proceed with the instant successive petition,1he must obtain authorization from the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3). Good cause 

appearing, the court will recommend that this action be dismissed without prejudice to petitioner 

refiling after he obtains the required authorization. 

Accordingly, IT IS HERBY ORDERED that 

1. The court’s September 16, 2016 findings and recommendations are vacated; and

2. Petitioner’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 10) is granted; 

IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus 

be dismissed without prejudice.

These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 

after being served with these findings and recommendations, petitioner may file written 

objections with the court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate 

Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” In his objections petitioner may address whether a 

certificate of appealability should issue in the event he files an appeal of the judgment in this 

case. See Rule 11, Federal Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases (the district court must issue or 

deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant). Petitioner 

is advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the 

District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).

Dated: October 13, 2016

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 This is actually the fourth time petitioner has filed a successive petition with respect to the 

convictions and sentence at issue. The three previous case numbers are 2:07-cv-2536 GEB JFM 

P, 2:12-cv-1901 KJM CMK P, and 2:16-cv-0828 CKD P.

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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