Joel White v. John Lambert, Superintendent

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• holding that section 2254 is the proper jurisdictional basis for a habeas petition 6 brought by an individual “in custody pursuant to a state court judgment.”
• holding that section 2254 is the 4 proper jurisdictional basis for a habeas petition brought by an individual “in custody 5 pursuant to a state court judgment”
• holding that Section 2254 was a state prisoner’s exclusive remedy when he sought to challenge his transfer from a state prison to a privately-run prison in another state
• concluding “that § 2254 is the exclusive avenue for a state court prisoner to challenge the constitutionality of his detention[.]”
• noting that Tenth Circuit is only circuit to permit use of § 2241 by state prisoners challenging the execution of their sentence and collecting contrary cases from other circuits
• holding 27 § 2254 is the proper jurisdictional basis for a habeas petition brought by an individual “in 28 / / / 1 || custody pursuant to a state court judgment”

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