(HC) Hickman v. People of State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN DUANE HICKMAN, No. 2:18-cv-02967-KJM-CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Currently pending before the court is petitioner’s motion to amend the petition to add a new claim for relief. ECF No. 16. Petitioner also filed a proposed first amended § 2254 petition containing only one claim for relief alleging prosecutorial misconduct for the knowing use of false testimony. ECF No. 17. The amended 2254 petition does not include the two claims for relief presented in the original habeas petition filed on November 4, 2018. See ECF No. 1. Respondent has no opposition to petitioner either proceeding on the amended § 2254 petition containing only one claim for relief or of filing an amended petition “containing all of the claims he wishes to raise in this court.” …