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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN CANO,

Petitioner,

v.

S. SALMONSON, WARDEN, FCI 

HERLONG,

Respondent.

No. 2:23-cv-2216 TLN KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis.

Examination of the affidavit reveals petitioner is unable to afford the costs of this action. 

Accordingly, leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

On December 1, 2023, petitioner filed a motion to amend. However, petitioner is advised 

that he may amend once as a matter of right before respondent files a responsive pleading. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 15(a). Therefore, petitioner is not required to file a motion to amend. That said, 

petitioner did not file a proposed amended petition. Petitioner is required to file his claims on the 

court’s form and is required to provide a proposed amended petition for screening because he is 

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proceeding in forma pauperis. Petitioner is granted thirty days in which to file an amended 

petition on the court’s form for filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus under § 2241. Petitioner 

is not required to explain differences between his original petition and his amended petition or 

include claims that are now mooted by subsequent actions by the BOP. Rather, petitioner should 

only include those claims he is presently challenging. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis;

2. Petitioner’s motion (ECF No. 7) is denied as moot; petitioner is granted thirty days in 

which to file an amended petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241;1

3. Any amended petition must bear the case number assigned to this action and the title 

“Amended Petition”; and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, as well as a copy of petitioner’s December 1, 2023 

motion (ECF No. 7). 

Dated: December 6, 2023

/cano2216.114

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 By setting this deadline. the court is making no finding or representation as to the merits or 

timeliness of the petition.

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