FILED

APR l 6 2013
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT mark U_S_ Dismct and
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Bar"kruptcy courts

Juan Carlos Olivo Ramirez, )
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Petitioner, )

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United States of America, )
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Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Petitioner, proceeding pro se, 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 North Carolina state prisoner incarcerated at the Johnston Correctional
institution in Smithfield, North Carolina. He challenges his conviction following a bench trial.
See Petition at 1-2. 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)(l). 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 the petitioner has no

recourse in the District of Columbia, this action will be dismissed. A separate Order

accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

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