Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT ALBERT THOMPSON, No. 2:22-cv-1724 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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L.A. MARTINEZ, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. I. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. ECF Nos. 2, 4. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). II. Petition In 2013, petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder. ECF No. 1 at 1-2. He received a sentence of twenty-five years to life. Id. at 23. Petitioner asserts that his sentence was doubled to fifty years, based on a robbery conviction that was deemed a serious felony. Id. He also received two, one-year…