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Sa’ eed M as s aquoi appea l s the di s m i s s al of hi s pet i t i on fora w r i tof habe as c o rp u s p u rsu a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 4 1 . F o r th e re a so n s s e t f o rth h e re in , w e w ill su m m a rily a f f irm th e ju d g m e n t o f

th e D istric t C o u rt.2 O n J anuary9, 2003, w hi l e conf i ned atthe U ni t ed St at es Peni t ent i aryat L ew i s bur g, Penns y l vani a, M as s aquoi fi l ed a pe t i t i on fora w r i tof habe as corpus i n the Un i t e d S t a t e s Di s tr i c tCo u r tf o rth e M i d d l e Di s tr i c to f P e n n s y l v a n i a p u r s u a n tt o 2 8 U. S . C. § 2 2 4 1 . In h is p e tit io n , M a ss a q u o i, w h o h a d b e e n re c o m m itt e d to P e n n sy lv a n ia s tate pr i s on as a t echni cal par ol e vi ol at or , ar gued thatthe Penns y l vani a B oar d of Pr obat i on and Par ol e ( “PB PP”) had r el i nqui s hed i t s j ur i s di ct i on overhi m bytr ans ferr i ng hi m t o fede r al c u s to d yto s e rv e a f

e d e ra l s e n te n c e f

o r a c ri m e c o m m itte d w h ile h e w a s o n p a ro le . M assaquo i cl ai m ed thatP B P P therefore w as w i tho ut autho ri tyt o lodge a detai ner against hi m and thatthe Feder al B ur eau of Pr i s ons ( “B O P”) s houl d nothave a cce pt ed the d e tain e r. T h e D istric t C o u rt d e n ied th e m o tio n , h o ld in g th a t M a ss a q u o i h a d f a iled to exhaus tthe admi ni s tr at i ve r emedi es avai l abl e t o hi m thr ough the B O P, and thatw hi l e he had exha us t ed ava i l abl e s t at e r emedi es , hi s cl ai m w as deemed pr ematur e byPB PP. T he Co u r tf u r th e rn o t e d th a tM a s s a q u o i ’ s c l a i m wa s s u b s t a n t i v e l ywi th o u tme r i t , a s th e s a me ar gum enthad pr evi ous l ybeen r ej ect ed bythe C om m onw eal th C our tof Penns y l vani a.

M as s aquoi then fi l ed a mot i on t o al t eroramend t he j udgm entr eques t i ng thatthe C our tdenythe pet i t i on w i thoutpr ej udi ce s o thathe coul d fi l e another§ 2241 pet i t i on upon exhaus t i on of hi s admi ni s tr at i ve r emedi es . T he C our tdeni ed the mot i on as unnece s s ary , expl ai ni ng thati thad deni ed the fi r s tpet i t i on forfai l ur e t o exhaus tand as p re m a tu re , rath e r th a n o n th e m e rits. M a ss a q u o i d id n o t ap p e a l, bu t in ste a d p ro c e e d e d to exhaus thi s admi ni s tr at i ve r emedi es and then fi l e the i ns t ant§ 2241 pet i t i on, w hi ch r ai s ed3

esse n ti all ythe s am e c lai m as th e f ir st. In a S ep tem b er 9 , 2 0 0 5 o rde r, the D istri ct C o u rt deni ed thi s pet i t i on, hol di ng thati thad deni ed the fi r s tpet i t i on on the mer i t s , and th e re f o re , th a t th is p e titio n w a s s u c c e s s iv e . M a s s a q u o i f ile d th e in s ta n t a p p e a l. R es pondenthas fi l ed a mot i on fors um m aryaff i r m ance . W e have j ur i s di ct i on overthi s appea l pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. B eca us e thi s appea l pr es ent s no “s ubs t ant i al ques t i on, ” w e w i l l s um m ar i l yaff i r m the j udgm entof the D i s tr i ctC our t . 3d C i r . L A R 27. 4 & I . O . P. 10. 6.

A ccor di ng t o t he D i s tr i ctC our t ’ s opi ni on r egar di ng the fi r s t§ 2241 pet i t i on, M a s s a q u o i wa s p a r o l e d f r o m a P e n n s y l v a n i a s t a t e c o u r ts e n t e n c e o n J u l y2 7 , 1 9 9 8 . He w a s th e n re c o m m itt e d to P e n n sy lv a n ia s tate p riso n a s a tec h n ica l p a ro le v io lato r o n Ju ly 14, 1999. W hi l e s t i l l i n s t at e cus t ody , M as s aquoi w as pr oduced i n fede r al courtpur s uant t o a fe der al w r i tof habe as corpus ad pr os equendum fors ent enci ng on fede r al char ges r el at ed t o cr i m es comm i t t ed w hi l e on par ol e i n 1998. H e r ece i ved a s ent ence of 646 m onths , and w as then r eturned t o Penns y l vani a s t at e pr i s on t o s erve the bac k- t i m e or der ed b yP B P P . H is fed era l sen tenc e w as lo d g ed as a d etaine r.

On F e b ru a r y2 7 , 2 0 0 1 , p r i o rt o c o mp l e t i o n o f h i s p a r o l e v i o l a t i o n t e r m, M a s s a q u o i w a s re tu rn e d to f e d e ra l p ri s o n to b e g in s e rv in g th e 6 4 6 m o n th s e n te n c e . B eca us e M as s aquoi di d notr ece i ve s t at e cr edi tforthe t i m e s erved betw een J ul y13, 1999 and February27, 2001, thi s t i m e w as cr edi t ed t o hi s fede r al s ent ence . O n A pr i l 11, 2001, PB PP l odged a de t ai nerw i th t he B O P forhi s par ol e vi ol at i on t i m e. M as s aquoi m ai nt ai ns4

thatthi s det ai nerw as i nval i d beca us e PB PP re l i nqui s hed j ur i s di ct i on overhi m by re lea sin g h im to th e c u sto d yo f f e d e ra l au th o rities to se rv e h is f e d e ra l se n ten c e p rio r to compl et i on of hi s s t at e s ent ence . H e furtherar gues thatthe B O P err ed i n acc ept i ng the d e ta in e r. T he D i s tr i ctC our tdi s m i s s ed M as s aquoi ’ s s econd § 2241 pe t i t i on as s ucce s s i ve. A ppel l ee ur ges thi s C our tt o s um m ar i l yaff i r m the D i s tr i ctC our t ’ s j udgm ent on thatbas i s . W hi l e § 2241 pet i t i ons ar e nots ubj ectt o the gat ekee pi ng m echa ni s m of § 2 2 4 4 , se e Z a y a s v . IN S , 3 1 1 F .3 d 2 4 7 (3 d C ir. 2 0 0 2 ), a p e tit io n e r m a yn o t ra ise a c laim in a s econd ors ucce s s i ve § 2241 pet i t i on thathas been r es ol ved on the mer i t s i n a pr i or pet i t i on. See V al ona v. U ni t ed St at es , 138 F. 3d 693, 695 ( 7th C i r . 1998) . I n the i ns t ant cas e, how ever , M as s aquoi ’ s fi r s t§ 2241 pet i t i on, i n the w or ds of the D i s tr i ctC our t , w as deni ed “( 1) forfai l ur e t o exhaus tadmi ni s tr at i ve r emedi es and ( 2) as pr ematur e. ” See D istric t C o u rt O rd e r, C iv . N o . 0 3 -c v -0 0 0 5 5 , Ju ly2 7 , 2 0 0 4 . A s th e C o u rt itse lf r ecogni zed, thi s does notcons t i tut e a di s m i s s al on the mer i t s . See i d. See al s o Sl ack v. M cD ani el , 529 U . S. 473, 485- 86 ( 2000) ( “A habea s pet i t i on fi l ed i n the di s tr i ctcourtaft er a n in iti a l h a b e a s p e tit io n w a s u n a d ju d ica ted o n its m e rits a n d d ism iss e d f o r f a ilu re to exhaus ts t at e r emedi es i s nota s econd ors ucce s s i ve pet i t i on. ”) ; C hr i s tyv. H orn, 115 F. 3d 2 0 1 , 2 0 8 (3 d C ir . 1 9 9 7 ) ( s a m e ).

W hi l e w e ther efor e conc l ude thatthe D i s tr i ctC our terr ed i n di s m i s s i ng M as s aquoi ’ s s econd pe t i t i on as s ucce s s i ve, w e nonethel es s aff i r m the j udgm entof the5

D is tr ic t C o u rt b a s e d o n o th e r g ro u n d s .

Penns y l vani a l aw pr ovi des thata fe der al s ent ence fora cr i m e comm i t t ed by a p a ro lee w h ile o n p a ro le f ro m a sta te s e n ten c e m u st b e se rv e d b e f o re a n ytim e o rd e re d in con necti on w i th the parol ee’s re- com m i t m ent. S ee 61 P a. S t at . § 3 31 . 21 a(a) ; see al so B el l ochi o v. C om m onw eal th, 559 A . 2d 1024, 1026 ( Pa. C om m w . C t . 1989) . A s not ed ear l i er , M as s aquoi di d notr ece i ve s t at e cr edi tforanyof the t i m e s erved betw een J ul y13, 1999, w hen he w as r ecomm i t t ed, and February27, 2001, w hen he w as tr ans ferr ed t o t he cu stod yo f th e B O P . A ll o f th is t im e w as c red it ed to h is fed era l sen tenc e. In reli n q u ishing cu stod yo f M assa q u o i t o the B O P to se rve h is fed era l sen tenc e b ef o re b e g in n in g to se rv e b a c k tim e f o r h is p a ro le v io latio n , the P B P P w a s f o llo w in g th e m a n d a te of s t at e l aw and di d notr el i nqui s h j ur i s di ct i on overM as s aquoi orotherw i s e s urr enderany r i ghtt o pl ace a det ai neron hi m pendi ng compl et i on of hi s fede r al s ent ence . See B el l ochi o, 559 A . 2d at1026- 27 ( not i ng that“i ti s w el l s ett l ed thatei thers over ei gn m ay v o lun tari lysu rren d er a p ri so n er to the o ther w ith o u t l o ss o f ju ri sd ict ion ”).

A c c o rd in g ly , b e c a u se th is a p p e a l p re se n ts n o “ su b sta n tial q u e stio n ,” w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af

f ir m th e ju d g m e n t o f

th e D is tr ic t C o u rt .