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Bernard WEITERS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Travis BRAGG, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 17-7244
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: January 31, 2018
    Decided: February 14, 2018
    Bernard Weiters, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Robert Nicholas Bianchi, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.
    Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
   Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Bernard Weiters, Jr., a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing with prejudice Weit-ers’ 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Weiters has failed to satisfy his burden of demonstrating that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) is an inadequate or ineffective means of challenging the validity of his detention. See Rice v. Rivera, 617 F.3d 802, 807 (4th Cir. 2010); United States v. Poole, 531 F.3d 263, 267 n.7 (4th Cir. 2008). As such, the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of Weiters’ petition. Rice, 617 F.3d at 807. Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, modify the district court’s judgment to reflect that the dismissal of Weiters’ petition is without prejudice, and affirm the district court’s judgment as modified. See S. Walk at Broadlands Homeowner’s Ass’n v. OpenBand at Broadlands, LLC, 713 F.3d 175, 185 (4th Cir. 2013). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED