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(HC) Williams v. Young

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaAugust 2, 20191:19-cv-00990California2,155 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MALCOLM WILLIAMS, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00990-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE v. ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO 14 ) DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS SCOTT YOUNG, ) CORPUS ) Respondent. ) [THIRTY-DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE] )

Petitioner is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution in Mendota, California. He filed the instant federal petition on July 19, 2019, challenging his conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1.) For reasons that follow, the Court finds that Petitioner fails to satisfy the “savings clause” or “escape hatch” of § 2255(e). Therefore, the Court will recommend the petition be SUMMARILY DISMISSED. BACKGROUND On June 7, 2015, Petitioner pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida to robbery in violation…

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