Jusino
(HC) Morgan v. Jusino
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAMMY DAVIS DEWITT MORGAN, No. 2:20-cv-0603 CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER T. JUSINO, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and challenges petitioner’s sentence in United States v. Morgan (Morgan I), No. 2:18-cr-0019 JAM (E.D. Cal.). (ECF No. 1.) It was transferred to this court after it was determined that the petition should have been filed as a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct the sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (ECF No. 10.) Petitioner then proceeded to file a motion to amend the § 2241 petition (ECF No. 14) and has since filed a notice of appeal in his criminal case (Morgan I, ECF No. 50).1
The Ninth Circuit’s docket shows that petitioner was ordered to show cause why his appeal should not be…