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(HC) Merriweather v. Taylor

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMarch 27, 20241:23-cv-01732California587 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM MERRIWEATHER, No. 1:23-cv-1732 JLT EPG (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

WARDEN TAYLOR, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent. (Doc. 7)

William Merriweather is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The magistrate judge reviewed the petition and found the “Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the instant petition pursuant to the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e).” (Doc. 7 at 1.) Therefore, the magistrate judge recommended the petition be dismissed. (Id. at 4.) The Court served the Findings and Recommendations on Petitioner and notified him that any objections were due within 30 days. (Doc. 7 at 3.) The Court advised him that the “failure to file objections within the…

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