Christopher Leslie Smith v. G Gutierrez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LESLIE SMITH, Case No. 2:21-cv-05393-GW (AFM) Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS v.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

14 MR. G. GUTIERREZ, Warden, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a federal prisoner serving a sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. On July 2, 2021, Petitioner filed the current petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition does not purport to challenge Petitioner’s conviction or sentence, but instead seeks compassionate release or assignment to home confinement based upon Petitioner’s medical conditions. (ECF 1 at 2-5.) The present petition is duplicative of an earlier-filed petition. See Smith v. Gutierrez, Case No. 2:21-cv-01213-GW (AFM).1 The earlier-filed action is fully 26 1 That petition raised four claims, including claims that (1) Petitioner is entitled to compassionate release due to skin cancer and…