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Parties Involved:
Jeffrey Brian Waller
Appellant
Warden
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 22-7221

JEFFREY BRIAN WALLER, 

Petitioner - Appellant, 

v. 

(FCI) MCDOWELL WARDEN, 

Respondent - Appellee. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at 

Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior District Judge. (1:19-cv-00278) 

Submitted: December 6, 2023 Decided: March 1, 2024

Before AGEE and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge. 

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Jeffrey Brian Waller, Appellant Pro Se. Holly J. Wilson, OFFICE OF THE UNITED 

STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM: 

Jeffrey Brian Waller, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order accepting 

the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition 

seeking to challenge his conviction and sentence by way of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255(e). In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Jones v. Hendrix, 143 S. Ct. 1857,

1864, 1867-69 (2023) (holding that petitioner cannot use § 2241 petition to mount 

successive collateral challenges to federal convictions or sentences), we conclude that 

Waller cannot pursue his claims in a § 2241 petition. Accordingly, we affirm the district 

court’s order. See Waller v. Warden, No. 1:19-cv-00278 (S.D.W. Va. Sept. 21, 2022). We 

deny his motion for a certificate of appealability as unnecessary. 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 

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