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Tauno August Koivisto v. Warden

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United States District Court, Central District of CaliforniaMarch 23, 20202:20-cv-02529California430 words

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2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TAUNO AUGUST KOIVISTO, Case No. 2:20-02529 CAS (ADS) Petitioner,

v. ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS CORPUS

PETITION AND DENYING

WARDEN, et al., CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. 15 Before the Court for screening is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Petitioner Tauno August Koivisto, 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 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 the legality of a conviction or sentence. See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475,…

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