(HC) Casteel v. Von Sluepth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLOS LEVELT CASTEEL, No. 1:20-cv-00781-DAD-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION, CONVERTING

v. § 1983 COMPLAINT TO A § 2241 PETITION

FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,

ESTHER VON SLUEPTH, et al., DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS, DENYING AS MOOT

Defendants. PETITIONER’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DIRECTING THE

CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE (Doc. Nos. 2, 5) 18 Plaintiff Carlos Levelt Casteel is a pre-trial detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff filed this action on June 4, 2020 seeking dismissal of his ongoing state criminal proceeding or, in the alternative, a writ of prohibition to prevent the Kern County Superior Court from…