FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUN 1 9 2012
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, us Di .
Courts fo.r the ~~net & Bankruptcy
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Maria Jose Carrascosa,
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Petitioner, )
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v. )
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Civil Action No. 12 0992
William Hauck, et al., )
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Respondents. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Petitioner, proceeding prose, has submitted an application for a writ of habeas corpus
under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will
grant the application to proceed in forma pauperis and will dismiss the case for lack of
jurisdiction.
Petitioner is a New Jersey state prisoner incarcerated in Clinton, New Jersey. She is
challenging her conviction entered by the New Jersey Superior Court on December 23, 2009,
following a jury trial. Pet. ~~ 1-6. Federal court review of state convictions is available under 28
U.S.C. § 2254 only after the exhaustion of available state remedies. See 28 U.S.C. §2254(b )(1 ).
Thereafter, "an application for a writ of habeas corpus[] made by a person in custody under the
judgment and sentence of a State court ... may be filed in the district court for the district
wherein such person is in custody or in the district court for the district within which the State
court was held which convicted and sentenced [petitioner] and each of such district courts shall
have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the application." 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because
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petitioner has no recourse in the District of Columbia, this action will be dismissed. A separate
Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
United States District Judge
Date: June Jh2012
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