Tripathy v. Schneider

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SANJAY TRIPATHY, # 20-CV-6366-FPG DECISION AND ORDER Petitioner, v. A. SCHNEIDER, Acting Superintendent, Gowanda C.F., DOCCS, et al., Respondents. INTRODUCTION Pro se Petitioner Sanjay Tripathy, a prisoner in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”), has filed an Emergency Petition Due to Corona Virus/COVID-19/SARS-CoV2 (“Petition”) for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“Section 2254”). ECF No. 1. Petitioner primarily asserts that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has…