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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW THADDEUS TROITAN No. 2:23-cv-00709 DB P

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12 Petitioner, ORDER AND v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS GAREN HORST, Judge, 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, an inmate at the Placer County Jail, proceeds pro se and seeks habeas corpus relief. (ECF No. 1.) As discussed below, the court construes the petition as being brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner has also filed a request for a court order directing the jail to provide copies (ECF No. 9), a motion to dismiss petitioner’s state criminal case (ECF No. 15), and a request for substitute counsel1 in petitioner’s state criminal case (ECF No. 16). Examination of the affidavit submitted in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis reveals petitioner is unable to afford the costs of this action. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Upon screening the petition, however, the court finds petitioner has not named a…