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ELLIOTT v. WARDEN, SEAGOVILLE, TEX.

No. 86-6085.

838 F.2d 194 (1988)

Felix Ewing ELLIOTT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS (G.H. Rodgers); and Attorney General of Tennessee, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Deere, Court appointed, Chattanooga, Tenn., for petitioner-appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for respondents-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and JONES and GUY, Circuit Judges.

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Elliott, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1977). In his petition, Elliott, a federal prisoner, claimed that the state of Tennessee was violating his rights by refusing to accept custody of him, thereby causing him to serve a consecutive federal-state sentence when only a concurrent sentence was imposed by the federal court. The district court dismissed the habeas...

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