White v. Craig
White v. Craig
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
On November 21, 2005, petitioner Erie White filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, claiming that the failure to make the holdings in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), retroactive to cases on collateral review constitutes a denial of his First Amendment right to petition the government to redress his grievances and establishes a suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. The district court (Kahn,./.) dismissed the petition and this appeal followed. We assume familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history.
Because White has challenged the constitutionality of his sentence, based upon Booker and Apprendi, and not the execution of his sentence, it should be construed as a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Poindexter v. Nash, 333 F.3d 372, 377 (2d Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 1210, 124 S.Ct. 1486, 158 L.Ed.2d 135 (2004). While the correct forum for a § 2241 petition is the district where the petitioner is confined, see Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (C.A.D.C. 1974), a § 2255 petition must be filed in “the court which imposed the sentence,” see 28 U.S.C. § 2255 ¶ 1; Poodry v. Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians, 85 F.3d 874, 890 n. 17 (2d Cir. 1996). In very limited circumstances, claims that fall within the substantive scope of § 2255 may properly be made in a petition filed under § 2241.
. Section 2255 itself provides, in pertinent part, that:
[a]n application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a prisoner who is authorized to apply for relief by motion pursuant to this section, shall not be entertained if it appears that ... the court which sentenced him ... has denied him relief, unless it also appears that the remedy by motion is inadequate or*12 ineffective to test the legality of his detention. 28 TJ.S.C. § 2255 H 5 (emphasis added).
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Eric WHITE v. T.R. CRAIG, Warden
- Status
- Published