Tauno August Koivisto, III v. Debbie Asuncion

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAUNO AUGUST KOIVISTO, III, Case No. 2:20-02166 CAS (ADS) Petitioner,

v. ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS CORPUS

PETITION AND DENYING

DEBBIE ASUNCION, 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]. Although the Petition is largely incoherent and illegible, to the extent that the Court can understand it, Petitioner appears to allege a lack of medical care by prison medical staff. [Id.]. Therefore, 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…