Honea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHAD NOLEN MOSIER, No. 2:24-cv-02282-CKD Petitioner, v. ORDER KOREY HONEA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of this action. Accordingly, the motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). I. Factual Background According to the § 2254 application, petitioner is serving an 18 month sentence for burglary, possession of a controlled substance, and prowling following his conviction in the Butte County Superior Court. Petitioner raises four challenges to his conviction. First, he asserts that 26 1 At one point on the § 2254 application, petitioner indicates that he is still awaiting trial. If petitioner is a pretrial detainee,…