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Derek Glen ADKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. N.L. CONNOR, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 03-40935.
    Conference Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Feb. 17, 2004.
    Derek G. Adkins, pro se, Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, PA, for Petitioner-Appellant. Thomas Warren Kopf, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Derek Glen Adkins, federal prisoner #24400-077, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Because Adkins’ 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenged the validity of his conviction and sentence, Adkins had to show that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 provided him with an inadequate or ineffective remedy. Tolliver v. Dobre, 211 F.3d 876, 878 (5th Cir.2000). “[T]he savings clause of [28 U.S.C.] § 2255 applies to a claim (i) that is based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which establishes that the petitioner may have been convicted of a nonexistent offense and (ii) that was foreclosed by circuit law at the time when the claim should have been raised in the petitioner’s trial, appeal, or first [28 U.S.C.] § 2255 motion.” Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 904 (5th Cir.2001).

Adkins argues that the indictment was defective and in violation of the fair warning, Accardi v. Shaughnessy, and no evidence doctrines because it failed to allege all elements of the offenses charged. Thus, he pleaded guilty to non-existent offenses and was actually innocent.

Adkins’ claims are not based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which establishes that he may have been convicted of a nonexistent offense. See Reyes-Requena, 243 F.3d at 904. To the extent that his claims are based upon the Supreme Court’s decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Apprendi does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review and an Apprendi claim does not satisfy the test for filing a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition under the savings clause. See Wesson v. U.S. Penitentiary, Beaumont, TX, 305 F.3d 343, 347-48 (5th Cir.2002). Accordingly, Adkins fails to qualify for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255’s savings clause provisions. The district court’s dismissal of Adkins’ 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition is therefore AFFIRMED. Adkins’ motion for leave to file a reply brief out of time is DENIED.

AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     
      
      347 U.S. 260, 74 S.Ct. 499, 98 L.Ed. 681 (1954).