(HC) Iseli v. Johnson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BRANDEN WILLIE ISELI, Case No. 2:25-cv-0532-JDP (HC) 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER; FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

14 WILLIAM D. JOHNSON, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner, brings this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. It 18 appears that this petition is successive and unauthorized. Petitioner appears to concede that his 19 petition is an unauthorized successive petition, as he also moves this court to transfer his case to 20 the Court of Appeals to obtain authorization for a successive petition. ECF No. 8. I will 21 recommend that that petitioner’s motion to transfer be granted, and that the Clerk of Court be 22 directed to administratively close the case. I will grant petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma 23 pauperis. ECF No. 2. 24 The petition is before me for preliminary review under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 25 Section 2254 Cases. Under Rule 4, the judge assigned to the habeas proceeding must examine 26 the habeas petition and…