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Parties Involved:
San Quentin Prison
Respondent
Andreau Gerald Wilson
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREAU GERALD WILSON,

Petitioner,

v.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-2703 CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a letter with the court. 

No other pleadings have been filed by the petitioner. In order to commence an action, petitioner 

must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus as required by Rule 3 of the Rules Governing 

Section 2254 cases, and petitioner must either pay the required filing fee or file an application 

requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will 

not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. 

Petitioner will be provided the opportunity to file his petition, and to submit an application 

requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

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

1. Petitioner is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a petition 

that complies with the requirements of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice; the petition must bear the docket 

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number assigned this case; petitioner must file an original and two copies of the petition. 

Petitioner shall also submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the application to 

proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the 

amount of $5.00. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation 

that this matter be dismissed; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form for filing a 

petition for writ of habeas corpus, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner; 

and 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to rename petitioner’s November 15, 2016 filing as 

“Letter Requesting Changes to State Sentencing” in the docket of this action.

Dated: November 29, 2016

2/md; wils2703.Nopetition

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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