(HC) Taylor v. Bureau of Prisons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THINTINUS N. TAYLOR, No. 2:21-cv-0227 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER BUREAU OF PRISONS, Respondent. 16 Petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner paid the filing fee. On May 7, 2021, petitioner filed a document entitled “Amendment to 2241 Additional Ground for Relief,” in which he purports to add a sixth claim for relief alleging a violation of his due process rights based on respondent’s implementation of the prolonged modified operations. (ECF No. 6.) Petitioner seeks orders requiring the BOP to apply First Step Act credits to petitioner’s sentence, to ensure that FCI Herlong substantially depopulates until it can achieve social distancing for its inmates, and to remove petitioner’s confinement from “modified operations”; money damages, and punitive damages. (ECF No. 6 at 2-3.) Rule 2 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides that the petition: …