Taylor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM MERRIWEATHER, Case No. 1:23-cv-01732-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS FOR LACK OF

JURISDICTION

WARDEN TAYLOR,

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

Respondent. TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

16 Petitioner William Merriweather is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. As this Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the instant petition pursuant to the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), the undersigned recommends dismissal of the petition. I. BACKGROUND In the petition, Petitioner is challenging his 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction after pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. (ECF No. 1 at 2.)1 On August 14, 2023, Petitioner filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct the sentence under 28 U.S.C. §…