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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 OBA LEE FRELIMO, No. 2:21-cv-0194 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER BHP MEMBERS, et al., Respondents.1 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 8, 2021, the court ordered petitioner to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) or, in the alternative, to pay the filing fee in order to proceed with this action. Petitioner was given thirty days to do so, and he was sent an application to proceed in forma pauperis. See generally ECF No. 6. On March 8, 2021, petitioner filed an “affidavit.” See ECF No. 7. In it, petitioner writes in part that he is unable to pay the filing fee and that in any event, his sentence is illegal because

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