Russell Thomas May v. Felipe Martinez Jr.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RUSSELL THOMAS MAY, ) Case No. 2:20-cv-8532-PA (SP) ) 12 Petitioner, ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. ) DISMISSING PETITION FOR 13 ) FAILURE TO PROSECUTE ) 14 FELIPE MARTINEZ JR., Warden, ) ) 15 Respondent. ) ) 16 17 I. 18 INTRODUCTION 19 On September 15, 2020, petitioner Russell Thomas May, a federal prisoner 20 proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. 21 § 2241 (“Petition”). Petitioner indicates he is challenging a prison disciplinary 22 conviction from November 2019. He contends the Bureau of Prisons denied him 23 access to the courts by denying repeated requests to purchase stamps, violated his 24 right to freedom of speech free of retaliation by writing an incident report after his 25 requests and attempts to purchase stamps, and violated his due process rights in 26 multiple respects in connection with his disciplinary hearing. 27 28 …