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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARVELLOUS AFRIKAN WARRIOR, Case No. 1:22-cv-01639-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE FROM

PETITIONER

v. 21-DAY DEADLINE CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC, (Doc. 1) Respondent. 16

Petitioner Marvellous Afrikan Warrior (“Petitioner”) is a pro se litigant detained in Coalinga

State Hospital proceeding with a petition of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1).1 Preliminary Screening Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 requires the Court to conduct a preliminary review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. Habeas corpus petitions by pro se petitioners are to be liberally construed. Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972). However, the Court must dismiss a petition “[i]f it plainly appears from the petition…that the petitioner is not entitled to relief.” Habeas Rule 4; see Hendricks v. Vasquez, 908 F.2d 490, 491 (9th Cir. 1990) (quoting Rule 4). Habeas Rule 2(c) requires that a petition 1) specify all grounds of relief available; 2) state…