Warden

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAUNO AUGUST KOIVISTO, III, Case No. 2:19-08990 CAS (ADS) Petitioner,

v. ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS CORPUS

PETITION AND DENYING

WARDEN, et al., CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent.

Before the Court for screening is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Petitioner Tauno August Koivisto, III, an inmate at California State Prison, Los Angeles County. [Dkt. No. 1]. To the extent that the Court can understand the Petition, Petitioner alleges a violation of his rights to religious freedom while in prison. [Id.]. It appears, therefore, that Petitioner is not challenging his incarceration or his sentence, but is instead complaining about the conditions of his confinement. A habeas corpus petition is not the proper vehicle for challenging the conditions of confinement. The purpose of habeas corpus is to attack the legality of a conviction or sentence. See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S.…