Warden

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARNELL A. LEAVY, Case No. 1:22-cv-00915-KES-HBK (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTION FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING

13 v.

14 WARDEN, (Doc. No. 20) 15 Respondent. 16 17 18 Before the court is Petitioner’s motion for an evidentiary hearing. (Doc. No. 20). 19 Petitioner, a state prisoner, has pending a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 20 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Petitioner requests an evidentiary hearing because the 21 Court in its September 19, 2024 Order granting Petitioner’s construed motion for review of the 22 Petition to the limited extent that the Court would review this case as expeditiously as possible 23 also noted that the Supreme Court has instructed federal courts to liberally construe the “inartful 24 pleading[s]” of pro se litigants. (See Doc. No. 19 (citing Boag v. MacDougall, 454 U.S. 364, 365 25 (1982)). Petitioner seeks to “resolve issues” with his “inartful filings” at an evidentiary hearing. 26 (See…