UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ISMAEL VALDEZ, BW7093, Case No. 24-cv-01174-CRB (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR
A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND
v. DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL, (ECF No. 3) Respondent.
I. Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that, while he was detained at the Monterey County Jail, he was subjected to “aggression and threats” by various deputy sheriffs. ECF No. 1 (Pet.) at 2. Petitioner requests that the deputy sheriffs’ misconduct “be looked into,” id. at 4, and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Based solely on petitioner’s affidavit of poverty, his application for leave to proceed IFP (ECF No. 3) is GRANTED. II. …