(HC) Leney v. Butte County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON RODNEY LENEY, No. 2:24-cv-2650 CSK P Petitioner, v. ORDER BUTTE COUNTY JAIL, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Petitioner’s 27 page petition was filed with the Court on September 30, 2024, and challenges his December 23, 2023 conviction. (ECF No. 1.) The Court’s own records reveal that on September 16, 2024, petitioner filed a six page petition challenging the same December 23, 2023 conviction. (Case No. 2:24-cv-2509 CSK P.). Petitioner appears to raise the same four grounds against the same respondents in both petitions but adds…