Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL BALZARINI, No. 2:19-cv-01199 GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER JOE A. LIZARRAGA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding in pro se, has filed a first amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 4. This proceeding was referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge by Local Rule 302 and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Rule 2 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides that the petition: “shall specify all the grounds for relief which are available to the petitioner and of which he has or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have knowledge and shall set forth in summary form the facts supporting each of the grounds thus specified.” Rule 2(c), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. Petitioner must also clearly state the relief sought in the petition. Id. Additionally, the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 explains that “notice pleading is not sufficient, for…