(HC) McGee v. Salinas Valley State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 HAWTHORNE MCGEE, No. 2:24-cv-01955 CSK P Petitioner, v. ORDER SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON, Respondent. 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). For the following reasons, petitioner is ordered to file a copy of the habeas corpus petition he filed in the California Supreme Court so that this Court can determine whether petitioner exhausted state court remedies. Petitioner challenges his 2021 conviction from the Sacramento County Superior Court for violations of California Penal Code sections 261, 288 and 261. (ECF No. 1 at 1.) Petitioner is serving a…