Lokesh S. Tantuwaya v. Brian Birkholz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 LOKESH S. TANTUWAYA, Case No. CV 24-02891-DMG (MAR) Petitioner, v. ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATION OF

BRIAN BIRKHOLZ, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

JUDGE

Respondent. 15 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition, the records on file, and the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge. The Court has reviewed de novo the portions of the Report to which objections have been made. The Report recommends the grant of the Petition and the recalculation of Petitioner’s earned time credits (“ETCs”) under the First Step Act (“FSA”). [Doc. # 19.] Respondent’s objections to the Report [Doc. # 20] do not warrant a change to the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendation. Respondent objects to the Report’s finding about Petitioner’s participation in FSA programming. Specifically, Respondent objects to the Report’s finding that Petitioner “completed thirteen days of FSA…