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Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-31045

Summary Calendar

SHAWN BENARD DOBY, SR.,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Louisiana

USDC No. 1:14-CV-1000

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Shawn Benard Doby, Sr., federal prisoner # 28280-018, appeals the 

dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition wherein he challenged his conviction 

for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and 

distribution of crack cocaine. He argues that he meets the requirements of the 

savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) because Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. 

Ct. 2151 (2013), sets forth a new rule of constitutional law that is retroactively 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 23, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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applicable to his case. He further contends that his Due Process rights are 

violated because he cannot raise this claim in a § 2255 motion. Because these 

issues are raised for the first time on appeal, we will not consider them. See

Wilson v. Roy, 643 F.3d 433, 435 n.1 (5th Cir. 2011). In any case, they are 

without merit. See Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 900-01 (5th 

Cir. 2001); Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 452-53 (5th Cir. 2001); Graham v. 

Johnson, 168 F.3d 762, 787-88 (5th Cir. 1999).

Doby has not adequately briefed any challenge to the dismissal of claims 

raised in the district court challenging the validity of his indictment, the jury 

instructions, and the effective assistance of trial counsel. Accordingly, he has 

abandoned those issues. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 

1993).

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 

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