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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentenc

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

CHARLIE MAYES, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. ) Civil Action No. 1:07cv253-MEF

) (WO) 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Respondent. )

O R D E R

Petitioner Charlie Mayes has filed a pleading styled as a “Motion for Clarification”

(Doc. No. 49) wherein he claims that the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) has improperly failed

to credit hisfederal sentence with jail time served prior to his commitment to BOP custody.

A review of Mayes’s pleading indicates that he seeks relief that is appropriate under the

remedy provided by 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Accordingly, the Clerk of this court is hereby

DIRECTED to:

1. Open a new civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

2. Docket the instant pleading (currently docketed as Doc. No. 49 in Civil Action No.

1:07cv253-MEF) in the newly opened civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

3. Strike the instant pleading, Doc. No. 49, from Civil Action No. 1:07cv253-MEF.

4. Assign the newly opened case to the Magistrate Judge and District Judge to whom

the instant case is assigned; and 

5. Refer the case file to the appropriate Magistrate Judge for further proceedings upon

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completion of the foregoing directives.

Done this 13 day of October, 2010. th

 /s/Terry F. Moorer 

TERRY F. MOORER

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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