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Parties Involved:
Jennifer Barretto
Respondent
Robert McDaniels
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MCDANIELS,

Petitioner,

v.

JENNIFER BARRETTO,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-0184 KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at California Health Care Facility, has filed a document styled 

“motion for stay and abeyance.” 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. Therefore, petitioner’s motion will be denied without prejudice. 

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’s January 29, 2016 motion is denied without prejudice;

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2. 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 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

3. 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: February 9, 2016

mcda0184.Nopetition

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