UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6604

ERNEST FREDERICK HODGES, Petitioner - Appellant, v. ERIC D. WILSON, Warden of FCC Petersburg, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:13-cv-01523-LMB-JFA)

Submitted: August 25, 2014 Decided: August 28, 2014

Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ernest Frederick Hodges, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Ernest Frederick Hodges, Jr., a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition and denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to alter or amend the judgment. The district court initially treated Hodges’ pleading as a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion and dismissed it on that basis. In the order denying the motion to alter or amend the judgment, the district court held that the relief Hodges seeks is not available under § 2241. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court in its order denying the Rule 59(e) motion.

Hodges v. Wilson, No. 1:13-cv-01523-LMB-JFA (E.D. Va. Feb. 12, 2014). Hodges’ motion to place the appeal in abeyance is denied. 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