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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SERGIO OCHOA OCHOA, No. 2:21-cv-1795 KJM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PAUL THOMPSON, et al., 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 challenges certain Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) policies regarding the First Step Act and the BOP’s application of the Act to its determination of his release date. Pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 10.) For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that respondent’s motion to dismiss be granted. Background On February 13, 2018, petitioner plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and one count of money laundering. (ECF No. 10-1 at 49 (ECF No. 363).) On June 14, 2018, petitioner was sentenced to two concurrent 180-month terms in federal custody by the…