Carmona v. Andrews

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Jesus Carmona challenges the dismissal, for want of jurisdiction, of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that there is no jurisdiction in the district a quo, we affirm and remand, so that Car-mona may elect to transfer his action to another district.

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In 1984, in a state court located in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Carmona was convicted of armed robbery and received a twenty-five-year sentence. In 1996, he was released on parole via good-time credits. In 2000, the Louisiana Board of Parole revoked Carmona’s parole. While imprisoned in the…