ORDER OF DISMISSAL

LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior District Judge.

Applicant, Corey C. Burnham, was a prisoner incarcerated at the Denver County Jail when he initiated this action by filing pro se on February 20, 2014, an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (ECF No. 1) challenging his parole hold. He has since informed the Court that he currently resides at the St. Francis Center, 2323 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80205 (ECF No. 22). On March 26, 2014, he filed an amended habeas corpus application (ECF No. 7). He has been granted leave to proceed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

On April 2, 2014, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland entered an order (ECF No. 10) directing Respondents to file a preliminary response limited to addressing the affirmative defenses of timeliness under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) and/or exhaustion of state court remedies under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(A) if Respondents intended to raise either or both of those defenses in this action. Magistrate Judge Boland also directed Respondents to advise the Court who the proper Respondents are and move for substitution of party if Respondents are not the appropriate parties to respond to Applicant's claims challenging his parole hold.

On April 24, 2014, Respondents, the State Board of Parole and Colorado Attorney General, filed a preliminary response (ECF No. 16). Mr. Burnham has not filed a reply to the preliminary response, although he was afforded the opportunity to do so.

The Court must construe liberally the filings of Mr. Burnham because he is not represented by an attorney. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972); Hall v. Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991). However, the Court should not be an advocate for a pro se litigant. See Hall, 935 F.2d at 1110. For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny the amended habeas corpus application. and dismiss the action.

In the amended habeas corpus application, Mr. Burnham alleges that he was sentenced to eighteen months of incarceration in the Colorado Department of Corrections with one year of mandatory parole. He further alleges that while on parole he was arrested for a parole violation and charged with a new crime. ECF No. 7 at 7. Mr. Burnham appears to claim that because of the new pending criminal charges, the Parole Board would not go forward with a parole revocation hearing. He also appears to allege that because of a parole hold he is prevented from posting bail on the pending criminal charges. He asserts that, prior to filing the instant action, he filed a "Rule 106 in the Denver County District Court," presumably referring to a complaint filed pursuant to Rule 106 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, but he claims the complaint has not been ruled upon. ECF No. 7 at 2, 3.

Judicial review of the execution of a sentence is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Caravalho v. Pugh, 177 F.3d 1177, 1178 (10th Cir. 1999). A federal court may only grant habeas relief when a state prisoner is "in custody in violation of the constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3). Federal courts do not possess supervisory authority over state judicial proceedings; they may only intervene to correct violations of federal law. See, e.g., Smith v. Phillips, 455 U.S. 209, 221 (1982). Review of § 2241 habeas actions is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2243, which vests the Court with the authority to decide the case as a matter of law. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243; Watts v. Hadden, 489 F.Supp. 987, 989 (D. Colo. 1980), aff'd, 651 F.2d 1354 (10th Cir. 1981).

"A habeas petitioner is generally required to exhaust state remedies whether his action is brought under § 2241 or [28 U.S.C.] § 2254." Montez v. McKinna, 208 F.3d 862, 866 (10th Cir. 2000).

Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 275-76 (1971) (internal citation and quotation marks omitted). "The exhaustion requirement is not one to be overlooked lightly. Principles of comity and federalism demand that the requirement be strictly enforced." Hernandez v. Starbuck, 69 F.3d 1089, 1092 (10th Cir. 1995) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).

Mr. Burnham is required to exhaust state remedies before he may raise his claims in federal court. See Montez, 208 F.3d at 866. The exhaustion requirement is satisfied once the federal claim has been presented fairly to the state courts. See Castille v. Peoples, 489 U.S. 346, 351 (1989). Fair presentation requires that the federal issue be presented properly "to the highest state court, either by direct review of the conviction or in a postconviction attack." Dever v. Kansas State Penitentiary, 36 F.3d 1531, 1534 (10th Cir. 1994). "An applicant shall not be deemed to have exhausted the remedies available in the courts of the State . . . if he has the right under the law of the State to raise, by any available procedure, the question presented." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(c). A state prisoner bringing a federal habeas corpus bears the burden of showing that he has exhausted all available state remedies. See Miranda v. Cooper, 967 F.2d 392, 398 (10th Cir. 1992).

Mr. Burnham's federal habeas challenge must be dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. "A state prisoner is generally barred from obtaining federal habeas relief unless the prisoner has properly presented his or her claims through one `complete round of the State's established appellate review process.'" Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 92 (quoting O'Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 838, 845 (1999)). While Mr. Burnham claims that he has filed a "Rule 106" complaint in Denver District Court, he demonstrates that he has failed to present his claims, in any form, to the state's highest courts. In fact, Burnham admits that even concerning the action filed in Denver District Court, he has not yet received a ruling in that matter. Therefore, his claim has not been adequately presented to the state courts, he has failed to exhaust state remedies, and the application must be dismissed.

Furthermore, the Court certifies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and therefore in forma pauperis status will be denied for the purpose of appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962). If Mr. Burnham files a notice of appeal he also must pay the full $505.00 appellate filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit within thirty days in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 24.

Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the amended habeas corpus application (ECF No. 7) is denied and the action dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that any pending motions are denied as moot.