Lepe

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 BENJAMIN CASTRO, Case No. 1:20-cv-01365-SAB-HC

11 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

12 v. HABEAS CORPUS

13 LEPE, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

14 Respondent. JUDGE

15 16 Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 17 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 18 I. 19 DISCUSSION 20 A. Federal Habeas Jurisdiction 21 A claim is cognizable in federal habeas corpus when a prisoner challenges “the fact or 22 duration of his confinement” and “seeks either immediate release from that confinement or the 23 shortening of its duration.” Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 489 (1973). In contrast, a civil 24 rights action is the proper method for a prisoner to challenge the conditions of confinement. 25 McCarthy v. Bronson, 500 U.S. 136, 141–42 (1991); Preiser, 411 U.S. at 499. 26 Here, Petitioner…