Puentes
(HC) Mazella v. Puentes
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH MAZELLA, Case No. 1:19-cv-252-DAD-JDP (HC) Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GRANT RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO
v. DISMISS G. PUENTES, ECF No. 12 Respondent.
17 Petitioner Joseph Mazella, a federal prisoner without counsel, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. He seeks a court order instructing the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) recalculate his good time credits in accordance with the First Step Act and (2) release him to community confinement in accordance with the Second Chance Act. Id. at 2-3. On March 23, 2020, respondent moved to dismiss the petition for lack of standing, ripeness, and jurisdiction, and for mootness and failure to exhaust administrative remedies. ECF No. 12 at 1. Petitioner has not responded to respondent’s motion to dismiss and the time for doing so has passed. For the reasons stated below, we recommend that respondent’s…