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Parties Involved:
Roger Wayne Robertson
Petitioner
Warden
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROGER WAYNE ROBERTSON, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

WARDEN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-2102 AC P 

ORDER 

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or 

paid the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). Petitioner will be 

provided the opportunity to either submit the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to 

proceed in forma pauperis or submit the appropriate filing fee. 

 Additionally, the court requires all petitions for writ of habeas corpus be filed on the 

proper form which is provided by this court. Petitioner has only provided a portion of the form, 

and what he has submitted does not provide sufficient information for the court to identify his 

claims. Petitioner is hereby notified that in order for this court to review his application, he must 

refile his petition on the proper form. Furthermore, although petitioner may submit a separate 

memorandum to support his petition for relief, the court’s application form must contain all 

relevant claims, and must provide the court with all necessary information. 

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 It appears that petitioner may also be seeking to bring civil rights claims in addition to his 

habeas petition. Petitioner is advised that claims for violations of his constitutional rights are 

properly raised in a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides a 

remedy for violations of civil rights by state actors. A habeas corpus petition is the correct 

method for a prisoner to challenge the “legality or duration” of his confinement. Badea v. Cox, 

931 F.2d 573, 574 (9th Cir. 1991) (quoting Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 485 (1973); 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. Therefore, petitioner must bring claims for violations of his constitutional rights 

in a separate civil rights action after the inmate grievance process has been properly exhausted. 

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

 1. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in 

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis or the appropriate filing fee. 

2. Petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 1) is dismissed with leave 

to amend within thirty days from the date of this order; 

 3. Any amended petition must be filed on the form employed by this court and must state 

all claims and prayers for relief on the form. It must bear the case number assigned to this action 

and must bear the title “Amended Petition”; 

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

action be dismissed; and 

 5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the in forma pauperis form used by 

this district and the form for § 2254 habeas corpus application. 

DATED: January 15, 2016 

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