Roman Cervantes v. Wendy Kelley

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Cervantes’s habeas petition because his claim that the ADC improperly denied him parole did not challenge the facial validity of his criminal judgment or the trial court’s jurisdiction. Habeas relief is limited to unlawful detention resulting from a jurisdictional defect or a facially invalid judgment, and parole eligibility is outside that scope. Cervantes did not challenge the legality of his forty-eight-month sentence or provide evidence showing that his detention lacked lawful authority.