Legal Opinion
James Sawyer v. Carlyle Holder, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 2003No. 01-16398PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we consider whether petitioner James Sawyer’s (“Sawyer”) Richardson 1 claim falls within the purview of 28 U.S.C. § 2255’s savings clause. Because we hold that Sawyer was not convicted of a nonexistent offense, and thus, did not meet the second prong of the Wofford 2 test, his Richardson claim does not fall within the purview of the savings clause. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of Sawyer’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 21, 1987, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida found Sawyer guilty of several…
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