Banks v. Brown
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Opinion
FILED
JUN 3 0 2000
Cl€rk, U.5. District and Benkruptcy Courts
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Simon Banks, ) )
Petitioner, )
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Devon Brown, Director, D.C. Dep’t of ) Corrections, ) )
Respondent. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Petitioner has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a pro se petition for habeas corpus. This application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted and the petition will be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
lt appears from the face of the petition that the petitioner is at liberty. The petition identifies a long list of "assigned errors" that allegedly occurred in the criminal proceedings against petitioner and the various appeals he took therefrom, but it does not identify any error in the execution of his sentence, and does not indicate that he is still under sentence. Therefore, the petition appears to be an attack on the validity of his conviction. Since it appears that the petitioner is no longer in custody, the petition is moot and will be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
A separate order accompanies this memorandum opinion.
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