(HC) Godfrey v. Warden PBSP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA MICHAEL GODFREY, Case No. 1:19-cv-01197-NONE-JDP Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO AMEND PETITION

v. ECF No. 17 WARDEN PBSP,

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Respondent.

ORDER STAYING DEADLINES IN

SCHEDULING ORDER ECF No. 12 18 Petitioner Joshua Michael Godfrey, a state prisoner without counsel, petitioned for a writ 19 of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Before the court is petitioner’s motion to 20 amend his petition. ECF No. 17. “A habeas petition ‘may be amended or supplemented as 21 provided in the rules of procedure applicable to civil actions.’” Alfaro v. Johnson, 862 F.3d 1176, 22 1183 (9th Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2242). Because this is petitioner’s first motion to 23 amend and we grant leave to amend once as a matter of course, we grant petitioner’s motion. See 24 Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). Petitioner will have thirty days to file a first amended petition. …