Denico Lynde Dudley McSweeny v. Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENICO LYNDE DUDLEY ) NO. CV 23-04234-KS

MCSWEENY, )

Petitioner, )

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

) v. ) )

FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL )

INSTITUTION LOMPOC, et al., ) Respondents. ) ) _________________________________

18 INTRODUCTION 20 On May 25, 2023, Petitioner, proceeding pro se and then an inmate in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (“Petition”). (Dkt. No. 1.) Because the Petition was procedurally defective – it was not signed or verified – on June 21, 2023, as ordered by the Court, Petitioner filed the pending First Amended Petition (“FAP”). (Dkt. Nos. 5, 6.) In the FAP, Petitioner contends that the BOP improperly removed Petitioner’s earned First Step Act…