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Parties Involved:
DeAngelo McVay
Petitioner
Unknown
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DeANGELO McVAY,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-1717 LKK DAD

vs.

UNKNOWN, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Lancaster State Prison, is serving a

sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Petitioner has filed a letter

directed to U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton requesting that his “case and sentence” be

reviewed. (Letter at 1.) 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. In addition, 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. 

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Accordingly, 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 number assigned this case; petitioner must use the form petition provided by the court;

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.

DATED: October 2, 2007.

DAD:bb/4

mcva1717.nop

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