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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AMIT BHARTH, Case No. 2:22-cv-00146-JDP (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Respondent. 16 Mr. Amit Bharth is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. This case was opened when he filed a motion seeking additional time to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. ECF No. 1. Mr. Bharth 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. Bharth intends to commence a federal habeas action, he must file a signed petition stating his grounds for relief. All petitions for writs of habeas corpus must be filed on the proper form, which the court will provide to Mr. Bharth. E.D. Cal. L.R. Cal. 190(b); see also…