Copeland v. Hemingway

ORDER

Alvis Copeland, Jr., a pro se federal prisoner, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a).

In 1994, a jury convicted Copeland of conspiring to distribute powder cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and acquitted Copeland of distributing cocaine base (crack). This court affirmed his conviction, but…