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Waller v. (FCI) McDowell Warden

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 1, 2024
No. 22-7221 (4th Cir. Mar. 1, 2024)

Opinion

22-7221

03-01-2024

JEFFREY BRIAN WALLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. (FCI) MCDOWELL WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee.

Jeffrey Brian Waller, Appellant Pro Se. Holly J. Wilson, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.


UNPUBLISHED

Submitted: December 6, 2023

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior District Judge. (1:19-cv-00278)

Jeffrey Brian Waller, Appellant Pro Se.

Holly J. Wilson, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Before AGEE and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM.

Jeffrey Brian Waller, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition seeking to challenge his conviction and sentence by way of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Jones v. Hendrix, 143 S.Ct. 1857, 1864, 1867-69 (2023) (holding that petitioner cannot use § 2241 petition to mount successive collateral challenges to federal convictions or sentences), we conclude that Waller cannot pursue his claims in a § 2241 petition. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. See Waller v. Warden, No. 1:19-cv-00278 (S.D. W.Va. Sept. 21, 2022). We deny his motion for a certificate of appealability as unnecessary. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Waller v. (FCI) McDowell Warden

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 1, 2024
No. 22-7221 (4th Cir. Mar. 1, 2024)
Case details for

Waller v. (FCI) McDowell Warden

Case Details

Full title:JEFFREY BRIAN WALLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. (FCI) MCDOWELL WARDEN…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 1, 2024

Citations

No. 22-7221 (4th Cir. Mar. 1, 2024)

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