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Jamal Abu Samak v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Medium

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 10, 2014No. 13-12161PublishedCited by 36 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Jamal Samak, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions and total sentence of life imprisonment, imposed after a jury found him guilty of one count of conspiracy to violate the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (“OCCA”), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; and one count of violating the OCCA through destruction by fire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i). The district court’s dismissal was based on its conclusion that Samak had failed to establish the necessary…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Tannenbaum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  2. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  4. Ezell Gilbert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
  5. Wofford v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Dan Carmichael McCarthan v. Director of Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  2. William Andrew Wright v. Stephen SpauldingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
  3. Jones v. HendrixSupreme Court of the United States · 2023
  4. Jones v. HendrixSupreme Court of the United States · 2023
  5. Frank L. Amodeo v. FCC Coleman - Low WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021

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