Case Name: George BROWN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-09-10
Citations: 447 F.2d 980
Docket Number: No. 71-1987
Parties: George BROWN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 447
Pages: 980–981

Head Matter:
George BROWN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 71-1987
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 10, 1971.
George Brown, Jr., pro se.
P. A. Pacyna, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lake-land, Fla., for respondent-appellee.
Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON, and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
[1] Rule 18, 5th Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5th Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition of a Florida state prisoner for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
In his habeas petition appellant attacked a conviction for a "crime against nature" for which he was sentenced on November 1, 1963, to five years imprisonment. That sentence expired and he was released on August 10, 1967. Appellant is presently confined in the state penitentiary serving a life sentence for robbery imposed on November 29, 1967.
The record clearly shows that appellant, at the time he filed his petition, was not in custody under the sentence he was attacking. Appellant does not contend that there is a relationship between the present sentence and the sentence under attack. Therefore, there is no jurisdiction to attack the earlier sentence in the federal courts. 28 U.S.C. § 2241; Diehl v. Wainwright, 5th Cir., 1970, 423 F.2d 1108; Cappetta v. Wainwright, 5th Cir., 1969, 406 F.2d 1238; United States ex rel. Collins v. Cady, E. D.Wisc., 1971, 322 F.Supp. 1168. Cf. Carafas v. LaVallee, 1968, 391 U.S. 234, 88 S.Ct. 1556, 20 L.Ed.2d 554, and Peyton v. Rowe, 1968, 391 U.S. 54, 88 S.Ct. 1549, 20 L.Ed.2d 426.
Affirmed.