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Parties Involved:
Shannon Keith Harris
Appellant
Francisco Quintana
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-20130

Summary Calendar

SHANNON KEITH HARRIS,

Petitioner–Appellant,

versus

WARDEN FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

Respondent–Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:15-CV-3416

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Shannon Harris, federal prisoner # 16186-179, appeals the dismissal of 

 

* 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

June 2, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition in which he claimed that he is actually innocent 

of his sentencing enhancement and that 28 U.S.C. § 2255’s savings clause permitted him to bring this claim in a § 2241 petition. Harris is not required to 

obtain a certificate of appealability. See Padilla v. United States, 416 F.3d 424, 

425 (5th Cir. 2005). 

When Harris filed his claim for relief in the Southern District of Texas, 

he was incarcerated in Kentucky. The district court thus lacked jurisdiction to 

consider the § 2241 petition because Harris was required to bring it in the district where he was confined. See Padilla, 416 F.3d at 426; Lee v. Wetzel, 244 

F.3d 370, 373 (5th Cir. 2001).

Accordingly, the judgment of dismissal is AFFIRMED. Harris’s motion 

for release pending appeal is DENIED.

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