Newcomb

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL C. BOLIN, No. 2:25-cv-1497-DC-SCR Petitioner, v. ORDER AND RACHEL NEWCOMB, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondents. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner sentenced to death, has filed a petition for a writ of error coram nobis along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1-2. He is currently incarcerated at the California Medical Facility (“CMF”) located in this judicial district. Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). I. Factual and Procedural History By way of background, petitioner was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted first degree murder, and marijuana cultivation in the Kern County Superior Court in 1991. See Bolin v. Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Case No.…