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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALFONSO HENRY MARTINEZ, No. 2:23-cv-1323 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 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. Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). On August 21, 2023, petitioner was granted thirty days to file an amended motion to stay to clarify the type of stay petitioner seeks. (ECF No. 6.) Subsequently, petitioner’s copy of the order was returned as undeliverable. Petitioner then filed a consent form which did not contain a return address for petitioner. (ECF No. 7.) However, since then, petitioner filed two notices of change of address - first to High Desert…