Legal Opinion
Orville Cephas v. John Nash, Warden, Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 2003No. Docket 02-2152PublishedCited by 431 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAGGI, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Orville Cephas, who is presently incarcerated for violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, appeals pro se from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Lawrence E. Kahn, Judge), dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. In that petition, Cephas argued that (1) in light of the Supreme Court decisions in Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995), and Muscarello v. United States, 524 U.S. 125, 118 S.Ct. 1911, 141 L.Ed.2d 111 (1998), he was…
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