Plaintiff-Appellant Edward Sanchez, federal prisoner # 35757-044, appeals from the dismissal without prejudice of his *643 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his conviction and sentence for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. We review the dismissal de novo. Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 451 (5th Cir. 2000).

As Sanchez seeks to challenge the validity of his conviction and sentence rather than the manner in which his sentence has been executed, his petition properly arises under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Id. at 451-52. A section 2255 motion must be brought by the movant in the court that sentenced him. § 2255(a); Ojo v. I.N.S., 106 F.3d 680, 683 (5th Cir. 1997). As the district court did not impose the sentence at issue, it did not err by dismissing the petition without prejudice rather than construing it as a § 2255 motion. See Ojo, 106 F.3d at 683.

AFFIRMED.