James Milus Weaver v. Orville B. Pung

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• noting proceeding in forma pauperis is not a right but a privilege
• A “district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction” if the “petitioner does not satisfy the custody requirement.”
• “Custody is tested at the time of filing the petition. A person must be in custody under the conviction or sentence attacked at the time of filing. A person whose sentence has fully expired at the time his petition is filed can not satisfy the custody requirement.” (internal citations omitted
• “Custody is tested at the time of filing the petition. A person must be in custody under the conviction or sentence attacked at the time of filing. A person whose sentence has fully expired at the time his petition is filed can not satisfy the custody requirement.” (internal citations omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).