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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

HALLIS R. SISCO,

Petitioner,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT,

Respondent.

No. 2:20-cv-01078 GGH P

ORDER

Petitioner, a county inmate at Stanislaus County Jail, has filed a motion for compassionate 

release. ECF No. 1. No other pleadings have been filed by the petitioner. 

In order to commence a federal habeas 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). A petition for habeas corpus involves an attack on 

petitioner’s conviction for which he is being held in custody, and petitioner must seek release 

from his conviction because of a violation of the Constitution of the United States, or in the very 

infrequent case, a federal law, which applies to the state proceedings. While the court may deal 

with ancillary matters to the petition, it is absolutely necessary that the purpose of the petition 

must be its focus on the proceedings in which petitioner was convicted. 

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

properly commenced. For the purpose of preparing the petition, the court advises petitioner that a 

federal statute relating to release of federal prisoners, i.e., persons convicted in federal court as 

opposed to state court, does not state a claim relating to a state court conviction.

 Therefore, petitioner’s motion for compassionate release will be denied without prejudice. 

Petitioner will be provided the opportunity to file his 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 that:

1. Petitioner’s motion for compassionate release (ECF No. 1) is denied without 

prejudice;

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; and petitioner must file an original and two copies of the petition; 

3. 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;

4. 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; 

and 

5. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this 

matter be dismissed.

Dated: June 15, 2020

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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