Tolliver v. Dobre, 99-41420
Decision Date | 03 May 2000 |
Docket Number | No. 99-41420,99-41420 |
Citation | 211 F.3d 876 |
Parties | (5th Cir. 2000) SYLVESTER TOLLIVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JONATHON DOBRE, Respondent-Appellee. Summary Calendar |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
In challenging the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. 2241 habeas petition, Sylvester Tolliver (federal prisoner # 24806-013) contends that 2241 is the proper method to collaterally attack his sentence, because a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion would be denied as successive, therefore rendering 2255 ineffective and inadequate. We AFFIRM.
A jury convicted Tolliver for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, aiding and abetting that possession, and carrying a firearm during those drug trafficking offenses. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. United States v. Tolliver, No. 93-4438 (5th Cir. 18 Mar. 1994)(unpublished).
In 1996, Tolliver filed a 2255 motion, challenging his conviction for carrying a firearm. The motion was granted. His request to file a second 2255 motion was denied.
In November 1999, Tolliver filed the 2241 petition in issue, contending 2255 was inadequate or ineffective, because the motion would be denied as successive. The petition was denied.
Section 2255 is the primary means of collaterally attacking a federal sentence. Cox v. Warden, Fed. Detention Ctr., 911 F.2d 1111, 1113 (5th Cir. 1990). Section 2241 is used to attack the manner in which a sentence is executed. United States v. Cleto, 956 F.2d 83, 84 (5th Cir. 1992). A 2241 petition which attacks errors that occur at trial or sentencing is properly construed under 2255. Solsona v. Warden, F.C.I., 821 F.2d 1129, 1131-32 (5th Cir. 1987). Nevertheless, a 2241 petition attacking a federally imposed sentence may be considered if the petitioner establishes the remedy under 2255 is inadequate or ineffective. Cox, 911 F.2d at 1113.
We join our sister circuits that have held that a prior unsuccessful 2255 motion, or the inability to meet AEDPA's "second or successive" requirement, does not make 2255 inadequate or ineffective. See Charles v. Chandler, 180 F.3d 753, 757-58 (6th Cir. 1999); United States v. Barrett, 178 F.3d 34, 50 (1st Cir. 1999), cert. denied, ___U.S.___, 120 S.Ct. 1208 (2000); Caravalho v. Pugh, 177 F.3d 1177, 1179 (10th Cir. 1999); In re Davenport, 147 F.3d 605, 608 (7th Cir. 1998). Tolliver is simply attempting to circumvent the limitations on filing successive 2255 motions. Correspondingly, his contention that 2255 is inadequate or ineffective, because it would be dismissed as successive, is without merit.
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