Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ISMAEL VALDEZ, S-264952, Case No. 21-cv-02565-CRB (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND

DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF

COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ JAIL, APPEALABILITY Respondent. (ECF No. 2)

I. Petitioner, a pretrial detainee facing numerous state criminal charges in Santa Cruz County Superior Court, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his continued pretrial detention as well as various conditions of his confinement at the Santa Cruz County Main Jail. Petitioner also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Based solely on his affidavit of poverty, petitioner’s request to proceed IFP (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED. II. Petitioner may challenge his pretrial detention on state criminal charges by way of a petition for a writ of…