Gaylon Don Bah, federal prisoner # 17290-009, appeals the district court’s *622 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition in which he challenged his convictions for conspiracy to manufacture amphetamine and attempting to manufacture amphetamine. Ball argues that he is entitled to relief under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and that his counsel was ineffective for failure to object to his lengthy sentence. Ball further argues that the “rule of lenity” should have been applied to determine the appropriate sentencing range.

This court has held that Apprendi does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review and that an Apprendi claim does not satisfy the requirements for filing a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition under the “savings clause” of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Wesson v. U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont, TX, 305 F.3d 343, 347-48 (5th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1241, 123 S.Ct. 1374, 155 L.Ed.2d 212 (2003); United States v. Brown, 305 F.3d 304, 309 (5th Cir. 2002). Additionally, Ball’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails to satisfy the requirements of the savings clause. The claim is not based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which establishes Ball’s innocence. Furthermore, the claim could have been raised on direct appeal or in Ball’s first § 2255 motion. See Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 904 (5th Cir. 2001). Ball’s “rule of lenity” argument is raised for the first time on appeal and consequently is unreviewable. See United States v. Pardue, 36 F.3d 429, 431 (5th Cir. 1994).

Based on the foregoing, the district court’s dismissal of Ball’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition is AFFIRMED.