Barry Jay Feldman v. William Perrill, Warden John K. Van De Kamp, Attorney General of the State of California, United States of America v. Barry Jay Feldman

902 F.2d 1445 Barry Jay FELDMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William PERRILL, Warden; John K. Van De Kamp, Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Jay FELDMAN, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 88-15237, 88-6432. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1989. Decided May 11, 1990. Barry Jay Feldman, Torrance, Cal., pro se. Richard E. Robinson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 88-6432. Peter Crook, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., James D. Whitney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for respondents-appellees in No. 88-15237. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona for 88-15237. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California for 88-6432. Before REINHARDT, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 Federal habeas corpus law permits prisoners to challenge the validity of convictions under which they are "in custody." Among the issues we consider are whether and when a prisoner is considered "in custody" under a conviction after he has completed…