The following excerpt is from Dale v. Attorney General of State of Cal., 19 F.3d 1439 (9th Cir. 1994):
1 Only persons in custody may petition for writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254(a); a parolee is in custody for purposes of federal habeas corpus, see Jones v. Cunningham, 371 U.S. 236 (1963).
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