Salmonson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL LOPEZ-CORTEZ, Case No. 2:23-cv-3007-DAD-JDP (P) Petitioner, v. ORDER S. SALMONSON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner Raul Lopez-Cortez, a federal prisoner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, arguing that under the First Step Act (“FSA”) he has earned time credits, and the Bureau of Prisons has failed to apply them properly. ECF No. 1 at 3-4. The government has moved to dismiss, arguing that petitioner is ineligible to apply the credits earned under the FSA because he is subject to a final order of removal. ECF No. 13 at 3. Petitioner has filed an opposition, ECF No. 29, and, at my direction, the government has filed a reply that incorporates the final order of removal as an exhibit. ECF No. 34. Problematically, however, the government has asked that the final order of removal, and various other documents pertaining to petitioner, be filed under seal. ECF No. 35. That request is denied…