Matteson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL W. GASNER, No. 2:21-cv-0452 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

G. MATTESON, WARDEN, Respondent. 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 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 April 25, 2022, the undersigned ordered petitioner to either (1) file an application to proceed in forma pauperis or (2) pay the filing fee. ECF No. 4. In response, petitioner wrote to the court explaining that submission of his petition had resulted in the opening of two cases on the same day: this case and Case No. 2:21-cv-0453 JAM EFB P. ECF No. 5 (letter to court). The undersigned has reviewed the dockets in the two cases and confirmed that the petitions present the same issue: the Governor’s reversal of the Board of Parole Hearings’…