James Raymond Ellis v. Warden FCI Lompoc II

Opinion

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JAMES RAYMOND ELLIS, Case No. 2:25-cv-09875-JLS-KES

Petitioner, ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND v. RECOMMENDATION OF U.S.

Respondent.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Petition (Dkt. 1),

the other records on file herein, and the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of

the United States Magistrate Judge (Dkt. 11). No objections to the R&R were filed,

and the deadline for filing such objections has passed. The Court accepts the

report, findings, and recommendations of the Magistrate Judge.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that (1) Respondent’s motion to dismiss

(Dkt. 8) is granted, and (2) Judgment is entered dismissing the Petition without

prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

As a federal prisoner proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, Petitioner is not

required to obtain a certificate of appealability (“COA”) in order to appeal to the

United States Court of Appeals in this case. See Harrison v. Ollison, 519 F.3d 952, 958 (9th Cir. 2008) (holding that the plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) does not require federal prisoners bringing § 2241 petitions to obtain a COA in order to appeal, unless the § 2241 petition “is merely a ‘disguised’ § 2255 petition’’); see e.g., Tomlinson v. Caraway, No. 14-cv-020094-VBF-KK, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131448 at *2, 2014 WL 4656432 at *1 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 16, 2014) (adopting R&R and noting that petitioner in federal custody was not required to obtain a COA to appeal the denial of his § 2241 petition). 2 a DATED: June 24, 2026 ee ih Hon. Josephine L. Staton UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE