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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HERMAN B. SLATER,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVID SMITH, WARDEN, et.al.,

Respondents.

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CV F 06-1363 AWI SMS HC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PETITION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 

[Doc. 1]

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 

BACKGROUND1

Petitioner is currently in custody of the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) at Atwater Federal

Prison in Atwater, California, serving a sentence of two hundred thirty-five months imposed on

April 2, 1991; he has a projected release date of March 20, 2008, and a projected halfway house

release date of September 20, 2007. (Petition, at 2.) 

On September 28, 2006, Petitioner filed the instant federal petition for writ of habeas

corpus in this Court. Petitioner claims the BOP is unlawfully denying him consideration for

placement into a RRC for the last six months of his two hundred thirty-five month sentence. 

Pursuant to Section 3624(c) of Title 18, of the United States Code, the Bureau of Prisons

shall, to the extent practicable, assure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends a

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reasonable part, not to exceed six months, under conditions that will afford the prisoner a

reasonable opportunity to prepare for re-entry into the community. 

Petitioner states in his petition that he has a projected release date of March 20, 2008, and

has been granted projected halfway house release date of September 20, 2007. Thus, based on

Petitioner’s assertion, he has received all that he is entitled to by statute, i.e. six months release to

a halfway house. Accordingly, Petitioner is directed to show cause why the petition should not

be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. 

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, Petitioner shall show

cause why the instant petition should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim

upon which relief may be granted; and

2. Petitioner is advised that failure to comply with this order will result in a

recommendation that the instant petition be dismissed for failure to state a claim

upon which relief may be granted and for failure to comply with a court order. 

Local Rule 11-110. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 6, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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