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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

MICHAEL ALLEN YOCOM,

Petitioner,

v.

KATHLEEN ALLISON,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00187-NONE-HBK

ORDER STRIKING PETITIONER’S 

UNAUTHORIZED PLEADING FROM THE 

RECORD

(Doc. No. 32)

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 in which he challenges his underlying 

conviction. (Doc. No. 1). Before the court is petitioner’s uncaptioned “notice” to the court. 

(Doc. No. 32). To the extent discernable, petitioner requests that his underlying conviction be 

vacated, and he be released. (Id.). Petitioner requests this same relief in his habeas petition. The 

court strikes the notice as an authorized pleading. 

I. BACKGROUND

Petitioner initiated this case by filing the instant petition on February 16, 2021. (Doc. No. 

1). Petitioner’s petition challenges petitioner’s May 18, 2018 sentence and conviction entered by 

the Tulare County Superior Court in case no. PCF-340051. (Id). On May 10, 2021, the court 

ordered respondents to respond to the petition. (Doc. No. 23). Respondent’s response is not yet 

due.

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II. APPLICABLE LAW AND ANALYSIS 

The Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts provide for 

the filing of a habeas petition (Rule 2), an answer, and a reply (Rule 5). Additional briefing may 

be permitted upon a court order to expand the record (Rule 7). Here, petitioner has submitted a 

pleading which repeats many of the arguments he has made in his petition. (Compare Doc. No. 1 

with Doc. No. 32). The court has not ordered petitioner to submit any additional briefing. To the 

extent petitioner wishes to reassert any facts in support of his petition, he may raise them in his 

reply to respondent’s response. Therefore, the court will order petitioner’s unauthorized pleading 

from the record. Petitioner is advised to refrain from submitting additional pleadings without 

leave of court.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 

1. Petitioner’s unauthorized pleading (Doc. No. 32) is STRICKEN from the record. 

2. The clerk of court is directed to STRIKE the pleading (Doc. No. 32) from the record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 24, 2021 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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