(HC) Rodriguez-Cardona v. FCI Mendota Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ-CARDONA, Case No. 1:23-cv-00953-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING RESPONDENT TO

FILE COPY OF PETITIONER’S

v. PURPORTED FINAL ORDER OF

REMOVAL AND FOR SUPPLEMENTAL

FCI MENDOTA WARDEN, BRIEFING Respondents.

15 Petitioner Francisco Rodriguez-Cardona is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On January 16, 2020, Petitioner pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma to unlawful possession of heroin with intent to distribute and unlawful reentry after prior removal. (ECF No. 10 at 2.)1 In the petition, Petitioner challenges a Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP”) policy of refusing to allow prisoners with immigration detainers to apply earned time credits (“FTCs” or “ETCs”) under the First Step Act (“FSA”). (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner contends that “the BOP refuses to enable him to apply his ETC’s because he has an immigration…