(HC) Castle v. Bureau of Prisons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CHRISTOPHER CASTLE, No. 2:24-cv-1722 CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER BUREAU OF PRISONS, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is serving a combined sentence of 180 months in prison for several offenses related to his defrauding financial institutions. 2:15-CR-0190 KJM CSK, ECF No. 795. Sentence was imposed on May 10, 2022. Id. at ECF 792. Petitioner’s projected release date is April 21, 2030. ECF No. 12-1 at 15. I. Petitioner’s Claims Petitioner claims he is entitled to more sentence credit under the 2018 “First Step Act” (FSA) than is currently being applied to his sentence. Specifically, petitioner claims entitlement to: 1. 879 days additional sentence credit for time served prior to sentencing between July 10, 2017, and May 9, 2022 (claim 1). 2. 45 days additional sentence credit for…