Covello
(HC) Spillers v. Covello
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH D. SPILLERS, No. 2:24-cv-1865 CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the court must review all petitions for writ of habeas corpus and summarily dismiss any petition if it is plain that the petitioner is not entitled to relief. The court has conducted that review. Petitioner claims he is not being granted all of the good conduct sentence credit to which he is entitled under California law. However, petitioner’s claim is conclusory as he fails to show how much credit he has been denied, and why he is entitled to such credit under law. The amended petition must be dismissed, but the court will grant petitioner one more opportunity to state a claim upon which he can proceed. Petitioner is informed he…