Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KIRK DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, Case No. 2:23-cv-1862-DC-JDP (P) Petitioner, v. ORDER GENA JONES, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a former state prisoner, brings this action under section 2254 and alleges that he is actually innocent of the state criminal conviction that has resulted in his placement in custody. In my last screening order, I found that the petition was deficient because it did not use the standard habeas form offered by this district, and because the lengthy petition was difficult to understand. ECF No. 18 at 1-2. I also informed petitioner that his petition failed to indicate which, if any, of his claims had been exhausted in state court. Id. I gave petitioner leave to amend, and he has done so, ECF No. 26. The amended petition is, however, deficient for the same reasons as its predecessor. I will give petitioner one final opportunity to amend. If the next amended petition is similarly flawed, I will recommend that this…