(HC)Juarez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE ELIAS JUAREZ, No. 2: 21-cv-0945 TLN KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS PAUL THOMPSON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a federal prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner argues that he is entitled to immediate release to a Residential Drug Treatment Program based on application of earned time credits to his sentence under the First Step Act. Pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 9.) For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that respondent’s motion to dismiss be granted. Background On May 25, 2017, petitioner was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal custody by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for violating 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) (conspiracy to distribute controlled substance). (ECF No. 9-1 at 2.) Petitioner’s projected…