UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-6131

PATRICK KNIGHTON, Petitioner - Appellant, v. B. M. ANTONELLI, Warden, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (4:18-cv-02835-JFA)

Submitted: July 25, 2019 Decided: August 7, 2019

Before WYNN and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Patrick Knighton, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Patrick Knighton, a federal inmate, appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and dismissing without prejudice Knighton’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition. We have reviewed the record, the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, and the district court’s order, and affirm.

We conclude that Knighton cannot pursue a sentencing remedy under § 2241 because he fails to establish that the settled substantive law affecting his sentence changed after his direct appeal and first 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. See United States v. Wheeler, 886 F.3d 415, 427-29 (4th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 1318 (2019).

Accordingly, we grant Knighton leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis and affirm the district court’s order. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED