Opinion
23-6178
08-29-2023
KENNETH LEON RIVERS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN FCI WILLIAMSBURG, Respondent - Appellee.
Kenneth Leon Rivers, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: August 24, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (2:21-cv-03154-BHH)
Kenneth Leon Rivers, Appellant Pro Se.
Before QUATTLEBAUM and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM
Kenneth Leon Rivers appeals the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing Rivers' 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction. In light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Jones v. Hendrix, 143 S.Ct. 1857, 1867-69 (2023) (holding that petitioner cannot use § 2241 petition to mount successive collateral attack on validity of federal sentence), we conclude that Rivers cannot pursue his claims in a § 2241 petition.
Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order dismissing Rivers' § 2241 petition. 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.