Adcock v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROGER ADCOCK, Petitioner, v. Case No. 1:17-cv-0376 (CRC) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Federal inmate Roger Adcock has petitioned the Court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He challenges his 2015 conviction for conspiracy to distribute narcotics by attacking the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 3231, a 1948 law that confers jurisdiction on federal district courts.1 See Pet. 11, ECF No. 1. He argues that the District Court of Wyoming lacked jurisdiction over…