Shirazi v. Cereney

Full title: SALEEM SHIRAZI, Petitioner, v. TODD CERENEY, NETZBAND, B. SHEETS…

Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: May 29, 2007

06 Civ. 6304 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. May. 29, 2007)

Opinion

06 Civ. 6304 (JGK).

May 29, 2007

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN KOELTL, District Judge

Saleem Shirazi brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, alleging that a prison disciplinary proceeding violated his right to due process. As a result of the disciplinary proceeding, the petitioner lost 27 days of good time credit, received 30 days of disciplinary segregation, and lost 3 months of commissary privileges. (Pet. at 3, ¶ 10.) The petitioner seeks to have the 27 days of good time credit restored. For the reasons discussed below, the petition is denied.

I.

On Thursday, September 22, 2005, the petitioner and his cellmate, Edward Golwitzer, were housed in a Special Housing Unit ("SHU") at Low Security Correctional Institution ("LSCI") Allenwood in White Deer, Pennsylvania. (See Pet. at 2, ¶ 1.) At around 10:00 a.m., the sprinkler system in their cell was

CONCLUSION

For all of the reasons explained above, the petitioner's motion to amend the caption is granted on consent. The caption shall be amended to replace the named respondents with Warden Craig Apker, the Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution at Otisville, New York.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

The petitioner's motion for limited discovery is denied as moot.

The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment dismissing the petition and closing this case.

SO ORDERED.