Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRENT SMITH, Case No. 2:22-cv-07780-MEMF-PD Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING

v.

PETITION WITHOUT

BRIAN BIRKHOLZ, Warden, PREJUDICE Respondent. 16 17 On September 19, 2022, Trent Smith (“Petitioner”), an inmate at the 18 Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, California, proceeding pro se, 19 filed a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking expungement of a prison 20 disciplinary record. [Dkt. No. 9-1.] 21 22 1 Petitioner initially filed the Petition in the District of Montana, where he was sentenced. That court dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction because the judicial remedy, if any, lies in the district of confinement. [Dkt. No. 1 at 2.] Petitioner then 24 filed it in the District of Colorado, where the challenged disciplinary proceeding occurred. [Id. at 1.] That court screened the petition, found it deficient, and gave Petitioner the opportunity to amend. [Dkt. No. 3.] The court screened the subsequently filed amended petition, found it…