Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SEAN L. JOYNER, No. 2:22-cv-1577 DAD DB P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. Petitioner challenges his conviction for second degree murder. (ECF No. 6 at 1.) For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned will recommend that the petition be dismissed as second or successive. I. Background Petitioner commenced this action with the filing of the original complaint. (ECF No. 1.) Before the court had the opportunity to screen the original complaint, petitioner filed an amended complaint. (ECF No. 6.) Because an amended complaint supersedes any prior complaint, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012), the undersigned will screen the amended complaint. //// //// …