Benji Macaulay v. B. Birkholz, Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION BENJI MACAULAY, ) No. 2:25-cv-10058-AH-JDE ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING v. ) ) PETITION ) ) B. BIRKHOLZ, Warden, ) ) ) Respondent. ) ) 17 On October 20, 2025, Benji Macaulay (“Petitioner”), a federal prisoner serving a sentence imposed in United States v. Benji Macaulay, (C.D. Cal.) Case. No. 2:24-cr-00083-JAK, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody (Dkt. 1, “Petition” or “Pet.”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, asserting that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) had refused to apply First Step Act of 2018 (“FSA”) earned time credits (“ETCs”) that, he claims, would have made him eligible for placement at a halfway house and eligible for an earlier release date. Petitioner contends “Prison Staff” advised him that his FSA ETCs were denied because of “‘an ICE detainer,’” alternatively described as…