Quintero ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN RE SUTERO QUINTERO, 11 Case No. 20-04002 BLF (PR) Petitioner. 12 ORDER ADDRESSING PETITIONER’S REQUEST 13 14 15 (Docket No. 9) 16 17 Petitioner is a federal prisoner at FCI Dublin who filed this action in pro se. Dkt. 18 No. 1. This action was dismissed on August 10, 2020, for Petitioner’s failure to file a form 19 petition and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. No. 7. Judgment 20 was entered the same day. Dkt. No. 8. 21 On August 20, 2020, Petitioner filed a letter indicating that he never received 22 Docket Nos. 1 through 4 in this matter. Dkt. No. 9. He also indicates some confusion as 23 to the status of this action. Id. 24 Plaintiff is advised that the matter was closed for the reasons stated above. 25 Furthermore, the Court notes that in the letter initiating this action, Petitioner indicated that he wished to “transfer” his case from Phoenix, Arizona to this district in order to file a 26 motion for compassionate release in this Court, which is the district of confinement. Dkt. 27 1 || However, requests for relief under § 3582 must be brought in the sentencing court, which 2 || here appears to be the district court in the District of Arizona. See Bolden v. Ponce, No. 3 || 2:20-cv-03870-JFW-MAA, 2020 WL 2097751, at *2 (C.D. Cal. May 1, 2020) (citing 4 United States v. Rala, 954 F.3d 594, 595 (3d Cir. 2020)) (“Section 3582’s text requires 5 those motions to be addressed to the sentencing court, a point several Circuits have ‘ noted.”); cf. United States v. Ono, 72 F.3d 101, 102 (9th Cir. 1995) (“Because the purpose of a [section] 3582 motion is resentencing, a motion under [section] 3852(c) is 7 undoubtedly ‘a step in the criminal case’”). Accordingly, Petitioner must file a motion for 8 compassionate release in his sentencing court as this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain 7 such a motion. 10 The Clerk shall send Petitioner a copy of the docket, copies of documents filed 11 |! under Docket Nos. 1 through 4, and a copy of this order. IT IS SO ORDERED. |] Dated: August 31, 2020 kom Ly hamerd 14 BETH LABSON FREEMAN United States District Judge 15 16 © Zz 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Order Addressing Petitioner’s Request 25 P:\PRO-SE\BLF\HC.20\004002Quintero_letter.docx 26 27 28 ty