Gil

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARMANDO GIL, Case No. 19-cv-03510-WHO (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent.

12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner Armando Gil seeks federal habeas relief from the state’s denial of time credits, its denial of family visitation privileges, and his attorney’s alleged ineffectiveness. His claims lack merit. The claim that he was denied time credits is denied because it concerns a matter of state law, and is therefore not within the purview of a federal habeas court. The Eighth Amendment claim regarding family visitation privileges also is not a proper habeas claim because it relates to the conditions of confinement, not the duration of his sentence. Even if the Eighth Amendment claim could be adjudicated here, it would fail because Gil’s sex crime conviction renders him ineligible for family visitation privileges under state regulations. Finally, his claim that his…