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9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 DARRELL KING, Case No. 2:23-06444 TJH (ADS)

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ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING

12 v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

13 WARDEN, United States Penitentiary, Victorville 14 Respondent. 15 16 Darrell King (“Petitioner”) is an inmate at the United States Penitentiary in 17 Victorville, California. On August 8, 2023, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas 18 Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (“Petition”) challenging the constitutionality of federal 19 compassionate release law. (Dkt. No. 1.) Petitioner claims Congress violated his due 20 process, equal protection, and Eighth Amendment rights by passing federal law that 21 prohibits prisoners like Petitioner, who were convicted of crimes before November 1, 22 1987, from petitioning a district court for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 23 § 3582(c). (Id. at 6–7, 10.) Petitioner claims he is a strong candidate for compassionate 24 1 release and requests an order releasing him from prison due to…