(HC) Iseli v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRANDEN WILLIE ISELI, No. 2:24-cv-00837 WBS SCR P Petitioner, v. ORDER JEFF LYNCH, Respondent.

17 Petitioner, state prisoner, proceeds pro se. Petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and the court ordered respondent to file a response to the petition. (ECF Nos. 1, 6.) Respondent filed a motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 11.) Respondent argues (1) the petition is unsigned and unverified; (2) petitioner failed to use the proper form; (3) petitioner failed to comply with Rule 2(c) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases; (4) the petition should be dismissed as successive; (5) the petition is untimely; and (6) petitioner failed to exhaust his federal claims. (Id.) Parties proceeding without counsel are required to sign all pleadings, motions, and other papers submitted to the court for filing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). “Application for a writ of habeas corpus shall be in…