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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL SHERMAN LEWIS, No. 2:21-cv-0379 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER NASA, et. al., Respondents. 16 Petitioner, an individual who does not appear to be incarcerated,1 has submitted a letter to the court. ECF No. 1. The letter is virtually unintelligible. However, based upon petitioner’s use of the words “habeas coupus [sic]” on the first page of the document (see id. at 1), the court believes that petitioner may be seeking to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The filing does not itself constitute such a petition, and it may not fairly be construed as such.2 Petitioner has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee ($5.00) for this action, either. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). In order to commence an

The address on petitioner’s letter appears to be a private address. See ECF No. 1 at 5. Petitioner may, however, be “in custody” for purposes…