Peter Cruz v. Brandon Price

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 1 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PETER CASEY CRUZ, No. 19-16191

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:18-cv-01360-AWI-JLT v.

BRANDON PRICE, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 16, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: CHRISTEN and BRESS, Circuit Judges, and FEINERMAN,** District Judge.

Peter Cruz, who is detained at Coalinga State Hospital under California’s

Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), appeals the district court’s dismissal of his

habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. § 2253, and we review the district…