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BRITTINGHAM v. U.S.

No. 92-16680.

982 F.2d 378 (1992)

Mark BRITTINGHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Birney Bervar, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Honolulu, HI, for petitioner-appellant.

Edward H. Kubo, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Honolulu, HI, for respondent-appellee.

Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Brittingham appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court held that it lacked personal jurisdiction in this case. We affirm.

For a court to hear a petition for writ of habeas corpus, it must have jurisdiction over the prisoner or his custodian. United States v. Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir.1984). Brittingham contends that, for the purposes of his petition...

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