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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLAUDE LEE OWENS, No. 2:20-cv-1394 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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CRAIG KOENIG, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Here, petitioner challenges his 2005 conviction raising the following three claims: (1) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel based on failure to argue trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to move for a fitness hearing; (2) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel based on failure to argue trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing…