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Jose COLON Appellant v. T. WILLIAMSON, Warden FCI Allenwood; United States of America.
    No. 05-2306.
    United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
    Submitted For Possible Summary Action Under Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 June 23, 2005.
    Decided Aug. 26, 2005.
    Jose Colon, White Deer, PA, for Appellant.
    Stephen R. Cerutti, II, Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.
    Before ROTH, BARRY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
   OPINION

PER CURIAM

Jose Colon appeals the dismissal of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 by the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Colon was convicted in the Southern District of New York of two drug offenses and was sentenced to two consecutive 20-year sentences. Colon, who is presently confined in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, filed a § 2241 habeas petition claiming that there was no factual basis for his enhanced sentence under the second count, and that both sentences are unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). The District Court concluded that a § 2241 habeas petition was not the proper avenue for Colon to seek relief, and denied the petition without prejudice to Colon seeking to file a § 2255 motion in the appropriate court.

A § 2255 motion filed in the District Court which sentenced him is the presumptive means for a federal prisoner to challenge his sentence. 28 U.S.C. § 2255; Okereke v. United States, 307 F.3d 117, 120 (3d Cir.2002). A § 2241 petition may not be-entertained unless a motion under § 2255 would be “inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of [the] detention.” 28 U.S.C. § 2255. A § 2255 motion is not “inadequate or ineffective” merely because the petitioner can not meet the stringent gate keeping requirements of § 2255. Okereke, 307 F.3d at 120. As found by the District Court, Colon has not made the requisite showing, and thus the petition may not be entertained.

Accordingly, we will summarily affirm. Third Circuit LAR 27.4; Third Circuit I.O.P. 10.6.