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James Eugene EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Sheriff, Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 04-10395.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Dec. 15, 2004.
    James Edwards, Rancho Cordova, CA, pro se.
    Lorraine A. Godbolt, District Attorney’s Office for the County of Dallas, Dallas, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

James Eugene Edwards filed a habeas corpus petition in the district court challenging orders, issued by the Governor of Texas, that he be extradited from the State of Texas to Santa Clara County, California, to face criminal charges in that county. The district court denied Edwards’s petition.

Individuals have a federal right to challenge their extradition by writ of habeas corpus in the courts of the asylum state prior to being extradited. Crumley v. Snead, 620 F.2d 481, 483 (5th Cir.1980). The scope of such a habeas challenge is narrow. Id. Once the Governor of Texas granted extradition, the district court could decide only whether the extradition documents are in order, whether Edwards had been charged with a crime in California, and whether Edwards was the person named in the request for extradition. See Michigan v. Doran, 439 U.S. 282, 289-90, 99 S.Ct. 530, 58 L.Ed.2d 521 (1978). Edwards has not shown that the district court erred in any of these determinations. All of Edwards’s other claims are beyond the scope of the district court’s review. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Edwards’s motion to expedite is DENIED.

Edwards asserts that the final judgment lists the wrong party as the respondent. The error is clerical and did not affect the substance of the court’s denial of Edwards’s habeas application. The matter is REMANDED to the district court for the limited purpose of correcting the caption on the final judgment issued March 26, 2004. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(a); Fed.R.CivP. 61.

AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED; REMANDED FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.