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Parties Involved:
Craig Apker

Kenny Atkinson
Appellee
Mark Fowler
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6381

MARK FOWLER,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

KENNY ATKINSON,

Respondent – Appellee,

and

CRAIG APKER,

Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, 

District Judge. (5:14-hc-02070-BO)

Submitted: August 25, 2016 Decided: August 30, 2016

Before NIEMEYER, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mark Fowler, Appellant Pro Se. Seth Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Mark Fowler, a federal prisoner, appeals the district 

court’s orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012)

petition and denying his motion for reconsideration. We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm.* 

Fowler v. Atkinson, No. 5:14-hc-02070-BO (E.D.N.C. Jan. 28, 2016 

& Feb. 25, 2016). We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the 

materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

 * To the extent that Fowler characterizes his informal brief 

as a petition for writ of mandamus, mandamus is not a substitute 

for appeal. United States v. Moussaoui, 333 F.3d 509, 517 (4th 

Cir. 2003).

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