(HC)Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PRENTICE RAY THOMAS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00489-JLT-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS PETITION FOR LACK OF

v. JURISDICTION

SCOTT DEGOUGH, et al., ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Defendants. 14-DAY DEADLINE 16 (Docs. 1, 7) 17 18 Petitioner Prentice Ray Thomas (“Petitioner”) is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner raises claims related to his conditions of confinement, namely that the water at Wasco State Prison is contaminated, which is a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Petitioner also claims that there is black and gray mold in his cell. Preliminary Screening Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases requires the Court to conduct a preliminary review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. Pro se habeas corpus petitions are to be liberally construed. Haines…