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Parties Involved:
Mark Daniel Blakesley
Petitioner
Raythel Fisher
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK DANIEL BLAKESLEY, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RAYTHEL FISHER, Warden, 

Respondent.1

No. 2:20-cv-0567 AC P 

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. 

 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 

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 A federal petition for writ of habeas corpus must name as respondent the state officer having 

custody of the petitioner. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254; Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases in the United States District Courts; Smith v. Idaho, 392 F.3d 350, 354-55 (9th Cir. 2004); 

Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, Raythel 

Fisher, Warden of Valley State Prison, is substituted for the Sacramento County Superior Court 

as respondent herein. 

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failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; 

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

form used by this district. 

DATED: March 19, 2020 

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