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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILBERT MCKREITH, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00365-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS v. ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 14 ) ENTER JUDGMENT AND CLOSE CASE STEVEN LAKE, Warden, ) ) ORDER DECLINING ISSUANCE OF Respondent. ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY )

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He is currently in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) at the United States Penitentiary located in Atwater, California. The action is proceeding on the First Amended Petition, filed on May 20, 2019. (Doc. 6.) Petitioner claims the BOP is unlawfully collecting restitution payments from his account to satisfy his criminal judgment. For reasons that follow, the Court concludes that the petition fails on the merits and will be DENIED.1 BACKGROUND On December…