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i r m . See 3d C i r . L . A . R . 27. 4; I . O . P. 10. 6. O n Ju ly1 6 , 2 0 0 7 , C o lb u rn e n ter e d a p lea o f g u iltyto c o n sp ira c yto di s t r i but e a c ont r ol l ed s ubs t ance . I n A pr i l 2008, w hi l e aw ai t i ng s ent enci ng, C ol bur n fi l ed t hi s fede r al habea s pet i t i on pr o s e, cl ai m i ng a vi ol at i on of due pr oces s , a vi ol at i on of Feder al R ul e of Cri m i nal Pr ocedur e 5, and i neff ect i ve as s i s t ance of couns el . T he D i s t r i ct C our tdet erm i ned that , w hetherfi l ed pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 2255 or§ 2241, t he pet i t i on w as prem ature, and dis m i ssed the p et i t i on w i t ho ut pr ej ud i ce. T he D i stri ctC ou rtal so not ed thatC ol bur n had i gnor ed i t s emphat i c i ns truct i ons t hatal l cl ai m s m us tbe fi l ed t hr ough hi s at t or ney , and di r ect ed the C l erk of the D i s t r i ctC our tnott o docketanyfur t her p ro s e f ilin g s in th is m a tte r w h ile C o lb u rn is re p re s e n te d b yc o u n s e l. C o lb u rn tim e ly ap p e a le d . W e h a v e ju ri s d ic tio n o v e r t h e a p p e a l u n d e r 2 8 U .S .C . § 1291 and § 2253( a) , and w e exe r ci s e pl enaryr evi ew overt he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s or der . See 1 O k e re k e v . U n ite d S ta te s , 3 0 7 F .3 d 1 1 7 , 1 1 9 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 2 ). C o lb u rn d id n o t s p e c if

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ile d h is p e titio n p u rs u a n t to § 2 2 5 5 o r § 2 2 4 1 .28 U . S. C . § 2255( a) appl i es t o “[a ] pr i s oneri n cus t odyunders ent ence of 2 a courtes t abl i s hed byA ctof C ongr es s . . . . ” 3 B e c a u se C o lb u rn h a s n o t y e t b e e n se n ten c e d , § 2 2 5 5 d o e s n o t ap p ly . R e lief is a v a ilab le 2 under§ 2241 “onl yw her e the pet i t i onerdemonstr at es t hats om e l i m i t at i on of s cope or pr ocedur e w oul d pr eventa § 2255 pr ocee di ng fr om aff or di ng hi m a ful l hear i ng and adj udi cat i on of hi s w r ongful det ent i on cl ai m . ” C r adl e v. U ni t ed St at es ex r el . M i ner , 290 F. 3d 536, 538 ( 3d C i r . 2002) . A s t he D i s t r i ctC our texpl ai ns , once he i s s ent ence d, C o lb u rn m a yp u rsu e h is c laim s f irst o n d ire c t ap p e a l an d th e n th ro u g h a p e tit io n f o r a w rit o f h a b e a s c o rp u s u n d e r § 2 2 5 5 . W e agr ee w i t h t he D i s t r i ctC our tt hatC ol bur n’ s pet i t i on, fi l ed bef or e he w as s ent ence d, i s pr ematur e. U nderU ni t ed St at es v. V ampi r e N at i on, 451 F. 3d 189, 206 ( 3d C i r . 2006) , t he D i s t r i ctC our tact ed w i t hi n i t s author i t yw hen i tpr ecl uded C ol bur n fr om fi l i ng pr o s e mot i ons i n t hi s m at t erw hi l e r epr es ent ed bycouns el . W e conc l ude thatt he appea l pr es ent s no s ubs t ant i al ques t i on. A ccor di ngl y , w e w i l l s um m ar i l yaff i r m t he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s j udgm ent . See 3d C i r . L . A . R . 27. 4; 3d C i r . I . O . P. 10. 6.