Floyd Dewaine Scott v. California State Prison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FLOYD DEWAINE SCOTT, Case No. 2:24-cv-10066-JVS-RAO
Petitioner,
v. ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING
PETITION AND DENYING
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON et CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY al., 15 Respondents.
17 On November 15, 2024, Petitioner Floyd Dewaine Scott (“Petitioner”), a 18 California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). (Dkt. No. 1.) The Petition states that 20 Respondents California State Prison and the Los Angeles County Transportation 21 Department are in violation of California Department of Corrections and 22 Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) policy, as well as federal and state law, that requires 23 inmates be provided three meals per day, two of which must be hot. (Id. at 1–2.) The 24 Petition seeks an order directing Respondents to provide Petitioner with the meals to 25 which he is entitled. (Id. at 8–9.) 26 Rule 4 of the Federal Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the…