Pliler

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. EDCV 20-01420-DSF (PD) Date: August 24, 2020 Title Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. Warden Pliler

Present: The Honorable: Patricia Donahue, United States Magistrate Judge

Isabel Martinez N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondents:

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Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Why This Action Should Not Be Dismissed 1. Introduction On July 10, 2020, Petitioner Kenneth Roshaun Reid, a federal prisoner incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Victorville, California, and proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He seeks relief under the First Step Act of 2018 from his drug conspiracy sentence imposed in the District of South Carolina. [Id. at 1, 3-4, 25.1] Petitioner also asserts actual innocence on the ground that a jury must determine the drug quantity attributable and reasonably foreseeable to the individual defendant in conspiracy cases. [Id. at 3-4.] He further requests that the Court allow him to bring an actual innocence claim…