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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 DeVAUGHN, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

UNKNOWN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-0631 GGH P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner at California Medical Facility, has filed a letter with the court. 

No other pleadings have been filed by the petitioner. 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 letter will be disregarded. Petitioner is informed, however, that if he seeks 

to overturn a conviction issued in Los Angeles County, which is in the Central District of 

California, this action will be transferred to that district. 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. 

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 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Petitioner’s March 21, 2016 letter is not found to be an operative petition; 

 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 matter be dismissed; and 

 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: April 14, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

md; deva0631.Nopetition 

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