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(HC) Reid v. Lake

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaAugust 27, 20191:19-cv-00244California755 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH ROSHAUN REID, Case No. 1:19-cv-00244-AWI-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

S. LAKE, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF

Respondent. APPEALABILITY

(ECF No. 6) Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On April 1, 2019, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendation that recommended dismissing the petition because Petitioner failed to meet the criteria to bring a § 2241 habeas petition under the escape hatch or savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) and any relief pursuant to the First Step Act should be sought in the sentencing court. (ECF No. 6). The sentencing court is United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, not this Court. Petitioner filed timely…

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