Opinion
ACTION NO. 2:19cv244
05-06-2020
JAMES JUNIOR CONYERS, #25915-083, Petitioner, v. JUSTIN ANDREWS, Warden, Respondent.
FINAL ORDER
Petitioner James Junior Conyers ("Conyers"), a federal inmate convicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina and housed in the Federal Correctional Complex in Petersburg, Virginia, filed a pro se petition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Conyers challenges his sentence as a career criminal and seeks to have his sentence vacated and to be resentenced without the career criminal enhancement. ECF No. 1 at 3-4, 7-12.
The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and (C) and Rule 72 of the Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for report and recommendation. The report and recommendation, filed March 12, 2020, recommends that respondent's motion to dismiss (ECF No. 5) be granted and Conyers's petition (ECF No. 1) be dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. ECF No. 8. Each party was advised of the right to file written objections to the findings and recommendations made by the Magistrate Judge. No objections have been filed, and the time for filing objections has expired.
The Court, having reviewed the record, does hereby adopt and approve the findings and recommendations set forth in the report and recommendation. The Court, therefore, ORDERS that respondent's motion to dismiss, ECF No. 5, is GRANTED, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED and DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction.
Conyers has failed to demonstrate "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right," and, therefore, the Court declines to issue any certificate of appealability pursuant to Rule 22(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 327, 335-36 (2003).
Conyers is ADVISED that because a certificate of appealability is denied by this Court, he may seek a certificate from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Rules Gov. § 2254 Cases in U.S. Dist. Cts. 11(a). If Conyers intends to seek a certificate of appealability from the Fourth Circuit, he must do so within thirty (30) days from the date of this Final Order. Conyers may seek such a certificate by filing a written notice of appeal with the Clerk of the United States District Court, United States Courthouse, 600 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510.
The Clerk shall forward a copy of this final order to Conyers and counsel of record for respondent.
/s/_________
Rebecca Beach Smith
Senior United States District Judge Norfolk, Virginia
May 6, 2020