Edwards

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 DAVID E. EDWARDS, No. C 19-8163 WHA (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v. R. NEUSCHMID, Respondent. / 13 Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State Prison, Solano, in Vacaville, California. He has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a decision by prison officials to restrict his earnings of “good time” credits to fifteen percent pursuant to California Penal Code Section 2933.1. Prison officials have imposed that restriction based upon the 2005 judgment from Santa Clara County Superior Court, which indicates that the trial court imposed the credit restriction under section 2933.1 as part of petitioner’s sentence. Petitioner argues in the instant petition that the trial court should not have imposed that restriction, nor should prison officials be applying it to him, because he was not convicted of an1 offense that qualifies for the credit restriction under section 2933.1. …