The following excerpt is from Doly v. Copenhaver, Case No. 1:14-cv-00522-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2255, a federal prisoner challenging the manner, location, or conditions of the execution of a sentence must bring a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241. Hernandez v. Campbell, 204 F.3d 861, 864-65 (9th Cir. 2000).
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