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Parties Involved:
Paul Z. Lowder
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

F I L E D

February 18, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-10619

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

PAUL Z. LOWDER,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:96-CR-70-1-G

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Paul Z. Lowder, federal prisoner # 29028-077, appeals the

district court’s denial of his petition invoking 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241. Because Lowder’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenged

the legality of his conviction, Lowder had to show that 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255 provided him with an inadequate or ineffective remedy. 

See Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 452 (5th Cir. 2000).

 Lowder fails to identify any authority demonstrating that he

was convicted of a non-existent offense for purposes of

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satisfying the savings clause provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 

See Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 904 (5th Cir.

2001). Rather, Lowder’s claim of “actual innocence” is based on

the argument that his conviction was obtained pursuant to a

faulty indictment. Because Lowder fails to demonstrate that

relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is inadequate or ineffective,

the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 

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