Fletcher v. Outlaw

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Prisoner Donald R. Fletcher appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I

In 1993, Fletcher was convicted by a general court-martial of premeditated murder and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, life confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a reduction to the grade of Private El. On appeal, the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals (“ACCA”) affirmed the “findings of guilty and the sentence.” The ACCA’s memorandum opinion provided:

The appellate defense counsel has raised…