Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GRAME KALI KANONGATA’A, No. 2:20-cv-0973 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

SCOTT JONES, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a county detainee proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Before the court is petitioner’s petition for screening and petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend the petition be dismissed for petitioner’s failure to exhaust state remedies. SCREENING Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases requires the court to make a preliminary review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court must dismiss a petition "[i]f it plainly appears from the petition . . . that the…