(HC) Shelton v. USDC Northern Alabama

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DWIGHT R. SHELTON, JR., No. 2:21-cv-02113-EFB (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

USDC NORTHERN ALABAMA, Respondent. 15 Petitioner Dwight Shelton, currently incarcerated in Folsom State Prison, seeks a reduction to a consecutive federal sentence for time spent in federal custody through this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Petitioner filed the petition himself but is now represented by counsel. Id.; ECF No. 15. Respondent moves to dismiss the petition. ECF No. 13. For the reasons that follow, the court finds that the petition must be dismissed. I. The Petition Petitioner is serving a term of over 29 years in California state prison following convictions in Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BA344533. ECF No. 1 at 1. During his state incarceration, which began in 2010, petitioner was indicted in federal court (Northern 26 1 The petition states…