Baughman
(HC) Coleman v. Baughman
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAAHDI ABDUL COLEMAN, No. 2:19-cv-1127 WBS CKD P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DAVID BAUGHMAN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California State Prison, Sacramento prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He is serving an indeterminate sentence of 75 years-to-life in prison imposed in 2003 for first degree murder. That sentence was ordered to be served consecutively to a determinate 9-year sentence for arson, also imposed in 2003. It appears the 9-year sentence has been served. Petitioner challenges the result of prisoner disciplinary proceedings in which petitioner was found to have possessed a deadly weapon and was assessed a 360-day forfeiture of sentence credit. Respondent argues that the court must dismiss the petition before the court because a favorable result thereon will not shorten petitioner’s indeterminate length of confinement. Petitioner…