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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. 15-5320 September Term, 2016

1:15-cv-01788-UNA

Filed On: September 12, 2016

Harry Nie,

Appellant

v.

Government of the United States of America

and Loretta E. Lynch, Honorable, Attorney

General of the United States, sued in her

official capacity,

Appellees

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Tatel and Srinivasan, Circuit Judges; Ginsburg, Senior Circuit

Judge

J U D G M E N T

Upon consideration of the record from the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia and appellant’s brief, see Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2), D.C. Cir. Rule

34(j); and the motion to clarify, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order filed October 20,

2015, be affirmed. In his complaint before the district court, appellant sought relief that

is essentially equivalent to that conferred by a writ of habeas corpus. As such, the

proper avenue for appellant to seek the requested relief is a petition pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254, filed either “in the district court for the district wherein [appellant] is in

custody or in the district court for the district within which the State court was held which

convicted and sentenced [appellant] . . . .” 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to clarify be dismissed as moot.

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-5320 September Term, 2016

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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

Ken Meadows 

Deputy Clerk

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