FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT APR 2 5 2013 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CC|erk, U.S. District & Bank,u GUHS for the District of Co|umbia

GENE ALLEN, ) ) Petitioner, )

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) STATE OF NEVADA, ) ) Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on consideration of the petitioher’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

challenging his conviction in the state courts of Nevada. As this Court previously has explained, petitioner has no recourse in this federal district:

Federal court review of state convictions is available under

but only after the exhaustion of available state remedies. See

(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. § 224l(d). To the extent that petitioner has exhausted his state remedies, his federal recourse lies in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Allen v. U.S. Supreme Court Ojj‘ice ofthe Clerk, No. lO-l00l,

, at *l (D.D.C. June 15, 2010). Accordingly, the Court will deny the petition and dismiss this civil action. An Order is issued separately.

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