(HC)Howard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABDUL HOWARD, Case No. 1:23-cv-00053-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

WARDEN TRATE, (Doc. 1)

Respondent. 21-day Deadline

Clerk of the Court to assigned District Judge

Petitioner Abdul Howard (“Petitioner”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition

for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner seeks review of his custody and vacatur of the judgment and sentence imposed on him by the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. For the reasons that follow, the Court will recommend that the petition be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Background On June 5, 2014, following a 12-day jury trial in the District of Nevada, Petitioner was convicted of all 27 counts in a superseding indictment charging him with Hobbs Act robbery,…