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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HOWARD DONTUS LAROYCE
LEONARD,
Petitioner,
No. CIV S-06-2711 DFL EFB P
vs.
G. SALAS, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER
/
Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for habeas corpus pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court requires all petitions for writ of habeas corpus to be filed on the
proper form which is provided by this court. Moreover, the court may limit its review of the
petition for relief to the information on the form only and need not consider any memoranda or
attachments to the petition. See Rule 2(c), Rules Governing § 2254 Cases.
Petitioner is hereby notified that in order for this court to review his application, he must
refile his petition on the proper form. Furthermore, although petitioner may submit a separate
memorandum to support his petition for relief, the court's application form must contain all
relevant claims, and must provide the court with all necessary information.
Petitioner has failed to specify the grounds for relief in his petition. See Rule 2(c), Rules
Governing § 2254 Cases. It is not clear to the court the type of relief petitioner seeks by this
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filing. If petitioner seeks to challenge the duration of his confinement or underlying conviction,
he must file an amended petition stating the grounds for his claims clearly and succinctly,
together with a statement as to the exhaustion of state remedies as to his claims.
If petitioner seeks to challenge the conditions of his confinement, he must file a
complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, demonstrating how the conditions complained of have
resulted in a deprivation of plaintiff's constitutional r