Ruben Lopez-Lopez v. Linda Sanders

Ruben Lopez-Lopez appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Lopez-Lopez was convicted of drug offenses and sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on July 10, 2000. The First Circuit affirmed his convictions and sentence in 2002. See United States v. Lopez-Lopez, 282 F.3d 1 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 536 U.S. 949, 122 S.Ct. 2642, 153 L.Ed.2d 821 (2002). Lopez-Lopez timely filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which the sentencing court summarily dismissed on April 29, 2004. The…