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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

Filed April 2, 1999

No. 98-5522

Neil Paris Sugarman,

Appellant

v.

Percy Pitzer, Warden, USP Beaumont, et al.,

Appellees

(District 

Court No. 98cv02147)

Neil Paris Sugarman, pro se.

Before: Wald, Randolph, and Garland, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed Per Curiam.

Per Curiam: Appellant, a federal prisoner, filed a habeas

petition pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. s 2241. The

district court dismissed the petition, and this court must now

determine whether appeals challenging the dismissal of a

habeas petition brought by a federal prisoner pursuant to

s 2241 are included within the Antiterrorism and Effective

Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) certificate of appealability

(COA) requirement. We hold that a COA is not required for

federal prisoner s 2241 appeals.

Under the AEDPA, a COA is necessary in order to appeal

"[t]he final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the

detention complained of arises out of process issued by a

State court; or ... the final order in a proceeding under

section 2255." See 28 U.S.C. s 2253(c)(1). Section 2253 does

not refer to s 2241 claims by federal prisoners.

The circuits that have addressed the issue have held that

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s 2253's COA requirement does not apply to s 2241 claims

brought by federal prisoners. See McIntosh v. U.S. Parole

Commission, 115 F.3d 809, 810 n.1 (10th Cir. 1997) (no COA

required for federal prisoner to appeal the denial of s 2241

petition); Forde v. U.S. Parole Commission, 114 F.3d 878,

879 (9th Cir. 1997) (same); Ojo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 106 F.3d 680, 681-82 (5th Cir. 1997) (same).

See also Ferrante v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 990 F. Supp.

367, 375 n.2 (D. N.J. 1998). In light of the plain language of

the AEDPA, which omits federal s 2241 petitions from the

list of those requiring COAs, we now join in the conclusion

that federal s 2241 petitions are excluded from the COA

requirement.

The remaining issues pertaining to this appeal are resolved

through an unpublished order issued simultaneously with this

opinion.

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