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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
No. 08-16831 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 07-22947-CV-ASG
LAVAN MAURICE WALKER,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
STATE OF FLORIDA,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Bill McCollum,
KATHERINE FERNANDEZ RUNDLE,
Respondents-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(September 10, 2009)
Before TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Lavan Maurice Walker, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal of his
petition for writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For a district court to
exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the
petitioner must be “in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of
the United States.” Id. §§ 2241(c)(3), 2254(a); accord Maleng v. Cook, 490 U.S.
488, 490–91, 109 S. Ct. 1923, 1925 (1989). Jurisdiction does not extend to a
petitioner who challenges a conviction after his sentence has completely expired.
White v. Butterworth, 70 F.3d 573, 574 (11th Cir. 1995). The district court lacked
jurisdiction to review Walker’s petition because his sentences expired in 2002.
We AFFIRM the dismissal of Walker’s petition.
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