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Parties Involved:
Justin Andrews
Appellee
Alan Royall
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6607

ALAN ROYALL,

 Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

JUSTIN ANDREWS, Warden,

 Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever, III, 

Chief District Judge. (5:15-hc-02154-D)

Submitted: October 13, 2016 Decided: October 18, 2016

Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Alan Royall, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Alan Royall, a federal prisoner, appeals the district 

court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition. 

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.* 

Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis, we affirm the reasons stated by the district court. 

Royall v. Andrews, No. 5:15-hc-02154-D (E.D.N.C. Feb. 16, 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 Royall argues that the Supreme Court’s 

opinion in Persaud v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1023 (2014) 

invalidates our opinion in In re Jones, 226 F.3d 328, 333-34 

(4th Cir. 2000), until the Supreme Court or an en banc panel of 

this court issues a substantive opinion overruling Jones, that 

decision remains binding in this circuit.

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