Rodney H. Williams v. Bruce Pearson

Rodney H. Williams, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, on grounds that the district court erred by finding that he failed to raise a constitutionally cognizable claim. Williams filed his instant petition after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-32, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996); therefore, the provisions of that act govern his appeal. For the reasons set forth more fully below, we affirm.

Williams, a federal prisoner who was convicted and sentenced to 86…