Warden
(HC) Garrido v. Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JORGE GARRIDO, No. 2:22-cv-1374 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner alleges that the Bureau of Prisons failed to award him credits under the First Step Act. Petitioner is incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution-Mendota, which is located in the Fresno Division of this court. Petitioner was convicted in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. In cases in which the petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is executed, i.e., if it involves parole or time credit claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. See Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989) (proper forum for federal inmate to challenge execution of sentence is district where petitioner confined). Petitioner challenges…