ORDER1

SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Thurnal Glover, Jr.'s Motion for Order to Transfer Petitioner into Federal Custody filed on June 26, 2018. (Doc. 117). Defendant moves the Court to transfer him from state custody to federal custody. The Government has filed a Response in Opposition on July 19, 2018. (Doc. 118). Thus, the motion is ripe for review.

A federal grand jury indicted Defendant on September 14, 2016, for conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery (Count One) and armed bank robbery (Count Two). At that time, Defendant was serving a 60-month term of imprisonment imposed in state case no. 14-CF-00463 to "run Concurrent with Federal Sentence." The Government thus issued a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Prosequendum to obtain Defendant's presence on the federal Indictment. (Doc. 5; Doc. 8). Defendant later pled to the charges in the Indictment and was sentenced to 60 months on Count One and 90 months on Count Two to run concurrently. Defendant was then returned to state custody to serve the rest of his state-imposed term of imprisonment.

After considering the parties' briefs, the Court concurs with the Government. A prisoner's federal sentence does not begin to run until he is turned over to federal authorities after having served his state sentence. Causey v. Civiletti, 621 F.2d 691, 693 (5th Cir. 1980).2 This Court, therefore, does not have authority to direct Defendant be transferred to a federal facility until he has completed his state-imposed term of incarceration.

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

Defendant Thurnal Glover, Jr.'s Motion for Order to Transfer Petitioner into Federal Custody (Doc. 117) is DENIED.

DONE AND ORDERED.