(HC) Sandoval v. CSP Sacramento Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RODRIGO SANDOVAL, No. 2:18-cv-1960 JAM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER CSP SACRAMENTO WARDEN, Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner who was proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to § 2254. Petitioner alleged that he has not been resentenced pursuant to Proposition 36 and he has not been found eligible for parole consideration under Proposition 57. (ECF No. 1.) Judgment was entered and this action was closed on July 11, 2019. (ECF Nos. 14, 15.) Presently before the court is petitioner’s motion to modify the judgment. (ECF No. 16.) I. Background Upon screening the petition, the court determined that petitioner’s claim is not cognizable in a habeas case and must be brought, if at all, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 12.) The court dismissed the petition and gave petitioner the option of converting this action into a civil rights case pursuant to § 1983. Petitioner was warned…