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Parties Involved:
Danny Atterbury
Petitioner
Dave Grazaini
Respondent

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California

Danny Atterbury,

Petitioner, No. Civ. S 05-1618 FCD PAN P

vs. Order

Dave Grazaini, Executive

Director of Napa State Hospital,

Respondent.

-oOoPetitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel,

applied for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254

and requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals 

petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Leave to

proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

A judge “entertaining an application for a writ of habeas

corpus shall forthwith award the writ or issue an order directing 

the respondent to show cause why the writ should not be granted, 

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unless it appears from the application that the applicant or

person detained is not entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 

Petitioner may be entitled to relief.

I therefore grant petitioner’s request to proceed in forma

pauperis and direct respondent to respond to petitioner’s

application within 60 days. See Rule 4, Fed. R. Governing § 2254

Cases. An answer shall be accompanied by any and all transcripts

or other documents relevant to the determination of the issues

presented in the application. See Rule 5, Fed. R. Governing 

§ 2254 Cases. Petitioner’s reply, if any, shall be filed and

served within 30 days of service of an answer. If the response

to petitioner’s application is a motion, petitioner’s opposition

or statement of non-opposition shall be filed and served within

30 days of service of the motion, and respondent’s reply, if any,

shall be filed within 15 days thereafter. The Clerk of the Court

shall serve a copy of this order together with a copy of

petitioner’s August 15, 2005, petition for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on Jo Graves, Senior

Assistant Attorney General for the State of California.

Dated: August 16, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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