Legal Opinion
McDowell v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Medium
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 2017No. 16-10047 Non-Argument CalendarPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Karriem McDowell appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. In his § 2241 petition, Petitioner argued that he was actually innocent of his enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). The district court dismissed the petition after concluding that Petitioner failed to show that his claim fell within 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)’s saving clause. After careful review, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2007, Petitioner pled guilty pursuant to a written plea agreement to being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18…
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