Tariq Ahmad, Petitioner-appellant, v. Attorney General of the State of California, Respondent-appellee, 124 F.3d 210 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Tariq Ahmad appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his 1992 state conviction of one count of unlawful transportation of hazardous waste, in violation of California Health and Safety Code § 25189.5(c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, we review de novo, see Duckett v. Godinez, 67 F.3d 734, 739 (9th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 1549 (1996), and we affirm.

Ahmad contends the district court erred by dismissing his habeas petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. His contention lacks merit.

Ahmad's state conviction had fully expired in 1995. Ahmad filed his habeas petition in 1996. The district court did not err by dismissing Ahmad's habeas petition because Ahmad did not meet the statutory requirement of being "in custody" at the time he filed his petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c) (3) (1997); Maleng v. Cook, 490 U.S. 488, 492 (1989) (citing Carafas v. LaVallee, 391 U.S. 234, 238 (1968)). To the extent Ahmad premises his argument as an attack on his current federal conviction as enhanced by his state conviction, Ahmad must bring his claim through a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Feldman v. Perrill, 902 F.2d 1445, 1447 (9th Cir. 1990) (" [H]abeas writs act upon the custodian, not the prisoner.").

AFFIRMED.