Lake
(HC) Reid v. Lake
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH ROSHAUN REID, Case No. 1:19-cv-00747-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT COURT DISMISS PETITION FOR
v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR LACK OF
JURISDICTION AND AS FRIVOLOUS
WARDEN S. LAKE, ECF No. 1 Respondent. 16 Petitioner Kenneth Roshaun Reid, a federal prisoner without counsel, sought a writ of mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361. Reid v. Clayton, 1:19-cv-549, ECF No. 1. (E.D. Cal. Apr. 24, 2019). He argued that the court must compel the Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to collect ten million dollars allegedly owed to him. See generally id. The court dismissed the case as frivolous, and petitioner attempted to file a Section 2241 habeas petition in that closed case. ECF No. 1 at 1. Rather than docketing the newly-filed Section 2241 petition in Case No. 1:19-cv-549, the clerk of court appropriately opened this new case. See id. The Section 2241 petition…