SHAWN RATIGAN V. CATRICIA HOWARD, No. 22-15226 (9th Cir. 2023)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FEB 23 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SHAWN FRANCIS RATIGAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 22-15226 D.C. No. 4:21-cv-00363-SHR-DTF MEMORANDUM* CATRICIA HOWARD, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Scott H. Rash, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 14, 2023** Before: FERNANDEZ, FRIEDLAND, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Federal prisoner Shawn Francis Ratigan appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Reviewing de novo, see Tablada v. Thomas, 533 F.3d 800, 805 (9th Cir. 2008), we affirm. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Ratigan contends that the time he spent in state custody serving his state sentence should be credited toward his federal sentence. We disagree. Because the federal sentencing court was silent as to whether Ratigan’s federal sentence was consecutive or concurrent to his anticipated state sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3584(a) creates a presumption that the sentences are to run consecutively, and Ratigan has not presented any evidence rebutting this presumption. Ratigan also contends that under 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) he is entitled to custody credit because the state relinquished jurisdiction over him when he was transferred to federal authorities for his federal criminal proceedings. This argument is unavailing because the record shows that the federal district court issued a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum to secure his presence for the federal proceedings. The state of Missouri therefore retained primary jurisdiction over Ratigan from the time of his arrest until he was received in federal custody to begin serving his federal sentence. See Taylor v. Reno, 164 F.3d 440, 445 (9th Cir. 1998). Moreover, Ratigan has not shown that the time he spent in temporary federal custody pursuant to the writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum was not credited towards his state sentence. See also 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b); United States v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329, 337 (1992) (a defendant cannot “receive a double credit for his detention time”). AFFIRMED. 2 22-15226
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