(HC) Barnes v. California Department Corrections Director

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE BARNES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00836-NONE-HBK Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS AND TO DENY REQUEST FOR

HANFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE INJUCTIVE RELIEF

ROBERTS,

(Doc. No. 15) Respondent.

17 Petitioner Antoine Barnes, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has petitioned the court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) In this federal habeas proceeding, petitioner argues that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment when it failed to award him certain custody credits due to him under California law. (Id. at 3-4.) Petitioner also sought an order authorizing his immediate transfer to San Quentin prison, or, in the alternative, directing state authorities that he be released on parole. …