Young

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARIN JEROME FRENCH, Case No. 1:19-cv-01306-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

PETITION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

v. FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST

ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

S. YOUNG, Respondent.

16 Petitioner Darin Jerome French is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. In the petition, Petitioner asserts that he is entitled to release to home confinement or a halfway house pursuant to the changes enacted under the First Step Act. I. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases1 requires preliminary review of a habeas petition and allows a district court to dismiss a petition before the respondent is ordered to file a response, if it “plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court.”

1 The Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases apply…