Tauno A. Koivisto v. Chief Medical Officer

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4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TAUNO A. KOIVISTO, Case No. 2:20-02979 CAS (ADS) Petitioner,

v. ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS CORPUS

PETITION AND DENYING

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, et al., CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. 15 Before the Court for screening is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Petitioner Tauno A. 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 again appears to allege a lack of medical care while in prison. [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…