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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-50592

Summary Calendar

NATHAN LEE COOK,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

MICHAEL PEARCE, Warden, Bastrop Federal Correctional Institution,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:14-CV-913

Before GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Nathan Lee Cook, federal prisoner # 11280-078, appeals the dismissal of 

his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for abuse of the writ. He is serving a sentence for 

federal drug and firearm offenses. Cook’s petition alleged that he is being 

unlawfully detained because he has not been given credit for time served while 

he was in state custody. Also, he moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis

(IFP).

 

* 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

May 9, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Because Cook’s § 2241 petition raised legal claims that were rejected in 

a prior § 2241 proceeding, see Cook v. Meeks, Civ. No. 12-179, 2014 WL 2154897

(W.D. Penn. May 22, 2014), the district court did not abuse its discretion when 

it dismissed the new § 2241 petition for abuse of the writ. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(a); United States v. Tubwell, 37 F.3d 175, 177-78 (5th Cir. 1994). We 

DISMISS Cook’s appeal as frivolous, see 5TH CIR. R. 42.2, and DENY his IFP 

motion.

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