Donald Nichols v. United States

OPINION

Donald Nichols, a prisoner serving a period of incarceration pursuant to a federal criminal sentence, appeals the District Court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition. We will affirm.

Nichols argued in his counseled petition that the United States Government had committed a “clear breach” of his plea agreement by housing him at a federal facility instead of the allegedly agreed-upon state facility, thereby violating his due-process rights. Insisting that specific performance of the plea agreement would not be “appropriate in the instant matter because the [plea…