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Parties Involved:
Reginald Blount
Petitioner
J. Soto
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

REGINALD BLOUNT, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

J. SOTO, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-1809 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel on an application for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner filed a motion for extension of time to file 

attachments to his habeas petition that indicated he may also be seeking to raise additional 

constitutional issues. ECF No. 7. He was ordered to file a notice clarifying whether he sought to 

amend the petition and add additional grounds for relief or whether he was seeking to provide 

additional documents without adding new claims. ECF No. 8. Petitioner has filed the required 

notice and stated that he intends to add both an additional claim and additional documentation to 

support his existing claims. ECF No. 9. 

Petitioner’s request for sixty days to file an amended petition will be granted. Petitioner is 

informed that the court cannot refer to a prior petition in order to make an amended petition 

complete. Once petitioner files an amended petition, the original pleading no longer serves any 

function in the case. Therefore, in an amended petition, as in an original petition, each ground for 

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relief must be sufficiently alleged. 

Petitioner has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 4. 

Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the 

costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Petitioner’s motions for extension of time (ECF Nos. 7, 9) are granted, and petitioner 

shall have sixty days from the filing of this order to file an amended petition. 

2. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4) is granted. 

DATED: December 7, 2015 

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