FRANCOIS BEY v. KEATON (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner Michael Francois-Bey appeals, pro se, from the district court’s judgment, dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition. We review de novo, see Stephens v. Herrera, 464 F.3d 895, 897 (9th Cir. 2006), and affirm.

To the extent Francois-Bey’s petition challenged his brief transfer away from the United States Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia (“USP Lee”) to face charges in Arizona, the district court did not err by concluding that his transfer back to USP Lee rendered that challenge moot. See Burnett v. Lampert, 432 F.3d 996, 1000-01 (9th Cir. 2005).

Francois-Bey also contends that he is being detained without authority because the federal government relinquished custody of him when it temporarily transferred him to the custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum.¹ His contention is foreclosed by our recent decision in United States v. Brown, 875 F.3d 1235, 1239 (9th Cir. 2017), which confirmed that a prisoner remains in federal custody during any temporary transfer to a state facility pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum.

Francois-Bey’s remaining contentions attack the legality of his conviction and sentence. As this court already advised Francois-Bey, those claims must be raised in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion in the District of Kansas where he was sentenced. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e); Hernandez v. Campbell, 204 F.3d 861, 864-65 (9th Cir. 2000).

Francois-Bey’s “letter rogatory” is denied.

AFFIRMED.

FOOTNOTES

1.   The government’s motion for judicial notice is granted. See Trigueros v. Adams, 658 F.3d 983, 987 (9th Cir. 2011).