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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MUHAMMAD TAHSEEN AFZAL, No. 2:20-cv-1614 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER WENDY KAY, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 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. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). II. Petition The petition appears to challenge a 2013 conviction for criminal threat, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, and great bodily injury involving domestic violence on four grounds. ECF No. 1 at 1, 5-10. However, the handwriting throughout the petition is extremely difficult to read and is illegible in many places, particularly the supporting fact…