Lionel J. Foret, Jr. v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Lionel Foret is a prisoner currently serving a life sentence in Louisiana State Penitentiary for distribution of heroin. He filed this pro se § 2254 habeas petition challenging his life sentence, contending that denial of parole consideration deprived him of a protected liberty interest without due process, that the state parole sentencing court deprived him of due process in imposing the sentence, and that the sentence violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution because it is indeterminate. The district court denied the…