Taquan Gullett v. Lucy Salas

INTRODUCTION

19 On July 13, 2021, Petitioner Taquan Gullett (“Petitioner”), a federal 20 prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 21 U.S.C. § 2241, seeking to challenge the denial of his request for a transfer to 22 Florida. Dkt. 1 (“Petition” or “Pet.”). 23 Petitioner was convicted in 2016 following a jury trial in the United 24 States District Court for the Central District of California of two counts of 25 making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim against the United States in 26 violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287 and two counts of attempting to file a false lien or 27 encumbrance against government employees and officials in violation of 18 28 U.S.C. § 1521. United States v. Gullett, Case No. 2:14-cr-00725-CAS (C.D. Cal.). Dkt. 150.1 On March 15, 2017, Petitioner was sentenced to seventy- seven months of incarceration. Id., Dkt. 187. Petitioner is currently incarcerated at the Vinewood Residential Reentry Center (“Vinewood”) in Los Angeles, California, but seeks “transfer to Florida.” Pet. at 1, 7 (CM/ECF pagination). Petitioner asserts a single ground for relief in his Petition, arguing that his transfer to…