OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are presented with the question of whether the district court for the Virgin Islands has jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus in favor of a prisoner sentenced by it who is incarcerated outside of the territorial limits of the Virgin Islands. The district court held that it had no jurisdiction over such a case and dismissed. We reverse.
I.
Ishmail Muslim Ali ("petitioner...
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