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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 19-5251 September Term, 2019

1:19-cv-02312-JEB

Filed On: March 16, 2020

James Donald Russian, in propria persona,

Appellant

v.

Eric F. Melgren,

Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Tatel and Millett, Circuit Judges; Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief and appendix filed by appellant. See Fed.

R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s August 26, 2019 order

denying without prejudice appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus be affirmed. 

Appellant was convicted and sentenced in the District of Kansas, where he is currently

incarcerated. The district court did not err in denying the petition without prejudice

because the “District of Columbia is neither the district of residence of [appellant’s]

immediate custodian for purposes of [28 U.S.C.] § 2241 habeas relief nor the district of

sentencing for [28 U.S.C.] § 2255 purposes.” Day v. Trump, 860 F.3d 686, 691

(D.C. Cir. 2017).

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/

Daniel J. Reidy 

Deputy Clerk

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