(HC) Odoffin v. FCI Mendota Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOHEEB ODOFFIN, No. 1:22-cv-01616-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING RESPONDENT TO
SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING
v.
FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE
WARDEN, FCI MENDOTA,
15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner Toheeb Odoffin (“Petitioner”), a federal prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on December 16, 2022, while he was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Mendota, located in Fresno County, California, which is within the venue and jurisdiction of this Court. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). The Petition asserts a single claim: the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) unlawfully restricts inmates with detainers from applying earned time credits (FTCs) in contravention of the First Step Act, and that the BOP should have applied his FTCs and released him in May 2022. (Doc. No. 1 at 6); see 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(A), (C) (providing that time credits earned from completion of evidence- based…