Wade v. Fleming
Wade v. Fleming
Opinion
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS March 28, 2003 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 02-11313 Summary Calendar
JOHNNY WAYNE WADE,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
L. E. FLEMING, Warden, Federal Medical Center-Fort Worth,
Respondent-Appellee.
-------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 4:02-CV-839-Y --------------------
Before DAVIS, WIENER, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Johnny Wayne Wade, a federal prisoner (# 06634-078), appeals
the district court’s dismissal of his
28 U.S.C. § 2241habeas
corpus petition. In 1999, a federal jury convicted Wade of one
count of conspiracy to commit arson and two counts of arson,
violations of
18 U.S.C. § 844(n) and (i). Wade was sentenced to
a total of 84 months in prison and three years of supervised
release.
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. 02-11313 -2-
The district court concluded that Wade’s claims were not
properly brought under
28 U.S.C. § 2241. Section 2255 provides
the primary means of collaterally attacking a federal conviction
and sentence. Tolliver v. Dobre,
211 F.3d 876, 877(5th Cir.
2000). A
28 U.S.C. § 2241petition is not a “substitute” for a
motion under
28 U.S.C. § 2255, and a “[§] 2241 petition that
seeks to challenge the validity of a federal sentence must
either be dismissed or construed as a section 2255 motion.”
Pack v. Yusuff,
218 F.3d 448, 451(5th Cir. 2000).
Although Wade could proceed under
28 U.S.C. § 2241if he
demonstrated that
28 U.S.C. § 2255relief was “inadequate or
ineffective” under the latter statute’s “savings clause,” Wade
has failed to make such a showing. See Reyes-Requena v. United
States,
243 F.3d 893, 904(5th Cir. 2001) (to proceed under
“savings clause,” petitioner must show that (1) his claims are
based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which
establishes that he may have been convicted of a nonexistent
offense, and (2) his claims were foreclosed by circuit law at the
time when the claims should have been raised in his trial,
appeal, or first
28 U.S.C. § 2255motion).
Wade has abandoned a number of claims that he was subjected
to cruel and unusual punishment, by failing to brief such claims
in this court. See Yohey v. Collins,
985 F.2d 222, 224-25(5th Cir. 1993); FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(9).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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