U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2021

Warrick Castille v. Warden Dobbs

Warrick Castille v. Warden Dobbs
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided November 22, 2021

Warrick Castille v. Warden Dobbs

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-7021

WARRICK DWAYNE CASTILLE, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN DOBBS, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (0:20-cv-02160-JD)

Submitted: November 18, 2021 Decided: November 22, 2021

Before MOTZ, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Warrick Dwayne Castille, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Warrick Dwayne Castille, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying and dismissing without prejudice Castille’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition in which Castille sought to challenge his sentence by way of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Pursuant to § 2255(e), a prisoner may challenge his sentence in a traditional writ of habeas corpus pursuant to § 2241 if a § 2255 motion would be inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his detention.

[Section] 2255 is inadequate and ineffective to test the legality of a sentence when: (1) at the time of sentencing, settled law of this circuit or the Supreme Court established the legality of the sentence; (2) subsequent to the prisoner’s direct appeal and first § 2255 motion, the aforementioned settled substantive law changed and was deemed to apply retroactively on collateral review; (3) the prisoner is unable to meet the gatekeeping provisions of § 2255(h)(2) for second or successive motions; and (4) due to this retroactive change, the sentence now presents an error sufficiently grave to be deemed a fundamental defect.

United States v. Wheeler, 886 F.3d 415, 429 (4th Cir. 2018).

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Castille v. Warden, 0:20-cv-02160-JD (D.S.C. June 11, 2021).

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

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