Frederick Fillingham v. United States

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Frederick James Fillingham, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The district court denied Fillingham’s petition. Because each of Fillingham’s claims is not administratively exhausted, lacks merit, or is raised for the first time on appeal, we AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal of Filling-ham’s § 2241 petition. We also DENY Fill-ingham’s motion for appointment of counsel and motion for compensation.

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In 1984, in the United States District Court for the District of South…