Carlos Zuniga v. Loretta Lynch

PER CURIAM: *

Carlos Ruben Zuniga, federal prisoner #34086-177, is serving a 60-month sentence for illegal reentry. Zuniga appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. The district court determined that Zuniga’s § 2241 petition was a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for which Zuniga had not obtained authorization to proceed and dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

We are now presented with Zuniga’s request for a certificate of appealability (COA) and- motion for appointment of counsel. However, because Zuniga sought relief under § 2241, he does not need…