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Parties Involved:
Raul Garcia Escobedo
Petitioner
Jeffrey Macomber
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAUL GARCIA ESCOBEDO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-00398-GGH 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a 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. The court will also dismiss the 

petition because it is illegible and fails to state a claim. 

 Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides in pertinent part: 

If it plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that 

the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court, the judge 

must dismiss the petition and direct the clerk to notify the 

petitioner. 

The Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 8 indicate that the court may dismiss a petition for writ of 

habeas corpus, either on its own motion under Rule 4, pursuant to the respondent's motion to 

dismiss, or after an answer to the petition has been filed. A petition for habeas corpus should not 

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be dismissed without leave to amend unless it appears that no tenable claim for relief can be 

pleaded were such leave granted. Jarvis v. Nelson, 440 F.2d 13, 14 (9th Cir. 1971). 

The petition clearly does not entitle petitioner to relief because the majority of it is 

handwritten and illegible. Rule 2(c)(4) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases states: “The 

petition must: be printed, typewritten, or legibly handwritten.” Accordingly, the court will 

dismiss the petition sua sponte with leave to amend. 

 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; petitioner’s 

failure to comply with this order will result in the dismissal of this action; 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a copy of the in forma pauperis 

form used by this district; 

3. Petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed with leave to amend 

within thirty days from the date of this order; 

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

“Amended Petition”; 

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger was previously named as the respondent. Jeffrey Macomber 

is currently the warden of California State Prison, Sacramento, where petitioner is incarcerated. 

“A petitioner for habeas corpus relief must name the state officer having custody of him or her as 

the respondent to the petition.” Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 

1994) (citing Rule 2(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254). Accordingly, the court substitutes Jeffrey 

Macomber as respondent; and 

 6. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form for application for 

writ of habeas corpus. 

Dated: March 26, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

/GGH17; esco398.dism 

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