Rodney Lee Rollness v. Felipe Martinez Jr.

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: 2:19-cv-07208-JGB-MAA Date: August 23, 2019 Title: Rollness v. Martinez

Present: The Honorable MARIA A. AUDERO, United States Magistrate Judge

Chris Silva N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants:

N/A N/A

Proceedings (In Chambers): Order to Show Cause Why the Petition Should Not Be Recharacterized as a Section 2255 Motion and Dismissed

On August 13, 2019, Petitioner Rodney Lee Rollness, an inmate in federal custody, constructively filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (“Section 2241”). (“Petition,” ECF No. 1.) Petitioner, an inmate incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California, challenges a conviction he sustained in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2007. (Id. at 2.)

In the underlying criminal case, Petitioner was convicted by a jury and sentenced to a life term in federal custody. (Id.) See also United States v. Rollness, 320 F. App’x 797, 798 (9th Cir. 2009) (listing conviction of…