(HC) Demos v. Governor of Washington

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN R. DEMOS, Jr., No. 2:20-cv-01653 GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER THE GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding in pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 and 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. This court will not rule on petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner is presently confined in Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. The petition appears to contest two indictments: See: Case No. 1:20-cv-00104- BLW (D. Idaho), and Case No. 2:15-cv-0204-CKD-HC (E.D. Cal). See ECF No. 1 at 2. Specifically, Demos v. United States, et al., No. 2:15-cv-0204-CKD-HC, a habeas action, challenged criminal proceedings in the Yakima County Superior Court. Here, it appears petitioner seeks to contest his current place of confinement in a Washington state prison based on his ongoing…