Legal Opinion
Robert Griffin Brown v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Low
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2016No. 15-11335PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Robert Griffin Brown appeals the district' court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, which he brought pursuant to the 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) savings clause. Brown’s appeal raises a novel issue requiring us to interpret the fourth prong of the jurisdictional test announced in Bryant v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Medium, 738 F.3d 1253, 1274 (11th Cir.2013), which requires a petitioner to establish that his current detention exceeds the statutory maximum authorized by Congress.
Petitioner Brown is serving 3 concurrent 188-month sentences on each of his 3 counts of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Michael Turner v. Warden Coleman FCI (Medium)Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
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