Schuyler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE STEPHEN KING, No. 2:23-cv-2360 KJM SCR P Petitioner, v. ORDER CHARLES SCHUYLER, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Before the court are petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, request for transfer, request to amend the “complaint,” and motion for an evidentiary hearing. Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner has adequately demonstrated that he is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). For the reasons set forth below, this court denies petitioner’s request to transfer this case to another district, provides petitioner additional time to file an amended petitioner, and denies petitioner’s motion for an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner asks the court to transfer this case to the Southern District of…