Williams v. Dobre
Williams v. Dobre
Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-40901 Conference Calendar
JEFFREY DAN WILLIAMS,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
JONATHON DOBRE, Warden,
Respondent-Appellee.
-------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 1:01-CV-389 -------------------- February 21, 2002
Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Jeffrey Dan Williams (“Williams”), federal inmate
# 08119-062, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his
28 U.S.C. § 2241petition, in which he attacked his conviction and
sentence.
Williams argues that the district court erred in construing
his petition as a
28 U.S.C. § 2241petition because he filed the
petition pursuant to the Suspension Clause.
Williams has failed to demonstrate that the district court
erred in characterizing his petition as one arising under 28
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 01-40901 -2-
U.S.C. § 2241 and in concluding that
28 U.S.C. § 2255relief was
not inadequate or ineffective. See Tolliver v. Dobre,
211 F.3d 876, 877(5th Cir. 2000); see also Reyes-Requena v. United
States,
243 F.3d 895, 906 n.34 (5th Cir. 2001). Therefore, the
decision of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Reference
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