HANDLEY v. CHAPMAN

No. 09-10061 Summary Calendar.

587 F.3d 273 (2009)

Deborah Rae HANDLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. Elaine CHAPMAN, Warden, FMC Carswell; Federal Bureau of Prisons, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Rae Handley, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.

Before SMITH, DENNIS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Deborah Handley appeals, pro se, the dismissal, for lack of ripeness and standing, of her petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We vacate the dismissal and render judgment on the merits for defendants.

Handley was imprisoned for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). She applied for the residential drug abuse program ("RDAP") of the Federal...

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