Engleman

INTRODUCTION

21 Petitioner is presently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution at Lompoc (“FCI 22 Lompoc”), which is within the Central District of California. (Pet. at 1.) He is serving a 23 sentence that was imposed in the Eastern District of California in the matter of United States 24 v. Mitchell, 2:12-cr-00401-KJM. (Pet. at 1-2.) 25 26 27 28 Petitioner requests that the Court grant him immediate release from the custody of 2|| the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) based on the allegedly deliberate indifferent failure to provide him with needed medical and dental care, protect him from serious physical harm, or take steps to mitigate various health and safety risks including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Pet. at 3-4, 6-7.) Petitioner argues that the conditions at FCI Lompoc constitute 6|| cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Id. at 6-7.) DISCUSSION 8} I. Duty to Screen the Petition Summary dismissal of a federal habeas petition is required it plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the…