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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CESARE REDMOND, No. 2:19-cv-1511 JAM AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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C. TAMPKINS, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, ECF No. 1, and an application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 6. I. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. ECF No. 6. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). II. Procedural History In 1997, petitioner was convicted on multiple counts, including felony possession of marijuana, with enhancements for personally using a firearm and personally using an assault weapon. ECF No. 1 at 1-2, 237. He was sentenced to a state prison term of thirty-five years and four months,…