Legal Opinion
Calhoun v. Colorado Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2014No. 13-1047PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Ronald C. Calhoun, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his habeas corpus petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 The district court held that Mr. Calhoun was not “in custody,” as required to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal courts. Mr. Calhoun asserts that he is in custody for the purpose of § 2254 because he must register as a sex offender. This court issued a certificate of appeala-bility on the following issue: whether Mr. Calhoun’s ongoing registration obligations under Colorado’s Sex Offender Registration Act satisfy the custody…
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