(HC) Engineer v. Warden, FCI Mendota

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VEDAS ENGINEER, Case No. 1:23-cv-00125-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS AS MOOT, AND DIRECTING

WARDEN, FCI MENDOTA, CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE

Respondent. (ECF No. 14)

14 Petitioner Vedas Engineer is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge. (ECF Nos. 4, 10, 11.) For the reasons stated herein, the Court grants Respondent’s motion to dismiss and dismisses the petition as moot. I. BACKGROUND In the petition, Petitioner challenges a Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP”) policy of refusing to allow prisoners with immigration detainers or unresolved immigration status to earn First Step Act (“FSA”) Time Credits (“FTCs”) and/or apply FTCs. (ECF No. 1.) Respondent has 24 …