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(HC) Sifuentez v. Unknown
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RANDY SIFUENTES, Case No. 2:21-cv-01244-JDP (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING MR. SIFUENTES TO
SUBMIT A PETITION FOR WRIT OF
v. HABEAS CORPUS AND EITHER THE
FILING FEE OR AN APPLICATION TO
UNKNOWN, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS Respondent. 16 Randy Sifuentes is a state prisoner without counsel. This action was opened when he submitted to the court a motion for a ninety-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. ECF No. 1. Mr. Sifuentes has not properly commenced a civil action. To commence a civil action, a party is required to file a complaint or a petition. Fed. R. Civ. P. 3; Rule 3, Rules Governing § 2254 Cases; Woodford v. Garceau, 538 U.S. 202, 203 (2003). Challenges to the validity of confinement or the duration of confinement are properly brought in a habeas action. If Mr. Sifuentes intends to commence a federal habeas action, he must file a signed…