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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting a habeas petitioner’s “attempts to overcome the ‘in custody’ requirement by carving out a new exemption, excusing the requirement for those who, like him, were diligently pursuing state court relief when their convictions or sentences expired”
• “Mr. Abtew is not currently ‘in custody pursuant to a judgment of a State court,’ but rather is in federal custody awaiting a final removal determination by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).