Michael Reynolds v. Linda McGrew ( 2015 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 25 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MICHAEL CURTIS REYNOLDS, Nos. 14-55090
14-55292
Petitioner - Appellant,
D.C. Nos. 2:13-cv-03591-MWF
v. 2:13-cv-07798-MWF
LINDA MCGREW; et al.,
MEMORANDUM*
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 17, 2015**
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
In these consolidated appeals, federal prisoner Michael Curtis Reynolds
appeals pro se from the district court’s judgments dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
habeas corpus petitions. We review the dismissal of a section 2241 petition de
novo, see Alaimalo v. United States, 645 F.3d 1042, 1047 (9th Cir. 2011), and we
affirm.
In Appeal No. 14-55090, Reynolds challenges the loss of good time credits
following a disciplinary hearing. In Appeal No. 14-55292, Reynolds contends that
the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) improperly classified him as a high-security-risk
inmate and improperly housed him in a high-security facility. The district court
did not err by dismissing either of Reynolds’s petitions for failure to exhaust the
administrative remedies available to him. See Ward v. Chavez, 678 F.3d 1042,
1045 (9th Cir. 2012). Although Reynolds attempted to appeal the BOP’s
decisions, the record shows that the BOP rejected his appeals because they did not
meet BOP requirements. See 28 C.F.R. § 542.17 (2012). We are also unpersuaded
by Reynolds’s argument that the documents submitted to the district court by
respondents were fraudulent or false.
We reject as meritless Reynolds’s challenges to the district court’s handling
of his petitions.
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Reynolds’s request for an emergency temporary restraining order is denied.
AFFIRMED.
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