Mark Hill v. Bart Masters

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a prisoner’s right to bring a successive habeas corpus petition under 28 U.SC. § 2241, challenging the misapplication of a sentence enhancement. Appellant Mark Hill contends that a career-offender enhancement was' erroneously applied to his sentence in light of subsequent caselaw establishing that his predicate offense was not a “crime of violence.” Because Hill is foreclosed from bringing a successive petition using 28 U.S.C. § 2255, he seeks to challenge his sentence under § 2241. The district court dismissed Hill’s petition. For the…