Mehmood v. Brennan et al

Filing 2

ORDER Granting Petitioner's 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner will not be required to pay the filing fee for this action. The Clerk of the Court shall separately file the petition for writ of habeas co rpus. This action is DISMISSED and Petitioner is denied a certificate of appealability. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 9/24/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 YASIR MEHMOOD, 9 Petitioner, 10 vs. 11 JUDGE BRENNAN, et al., 12 2:15-cv-01739-GMN-CWH Respondents. ORDER 13 14 ______________________________/ This action is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by Yasir Mehmood, who is apparently 15 incarcerated in the Nevada Southern Detention Center, in Pahrump, Nevada, awaiting a criminal trial 16 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 17 Mehmood has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1). The financial 18 information provided with the application to proceed in forma pauperis indicates that petitioner is 19 unable to pay the filing fee. Therefore, the in forma pauperis application will be granted. 20 The court has reviewed Mehmood’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Rule 4 of 21 the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, and finds that the 22 petition is frivolous; it does not state a claim upon which habeas relief could be granted by this court. 23 In his habeas petition, Mehmood claims he was subject to an unconstitutional search in the 24 prosecution he faces in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and he 25 seeks, as relief: to have this Court “invalidate and quash the search warrant” in his criminal case in 26 the Eastern District of California; to have this Court suppress evidence in the Eastern District of 1 California case; to have this Court return property seized in the Eastern District of California case; to 2 have this Court “invalidate and dismiss the complaint, arrest warrant, indictment” in the Eastern 3 District of California case; and to have this Court grant bail in the Eastern District of California case. 4 See Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Mehmood’s claims are plainly not cognizable in this habeas 5 corpus action in this Court, and the relief he seeks is plainly beyond this Court’s jurisdiction. 6 Mehmood’s habeas petition is patently frivolous. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the petitioner’s application to proceed in forma 7 8 pauperis (ECF No. 1) is GRANTED. Petitioner will not be required to pay the filing fee for this 9 action. 10 11 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall separately file the petition for writ of habeas corpus (now attached to the application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED. 13 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner is denied a certificate of appealability. 14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly. 15 DATED this 24th day of September, 2015. 16 17 Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge United States District Court 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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