### IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 18

- 11581 Summary Calendar

LAMONT DEJUAN HIGGS , Petitioner

- Appellant

v.
WARDEN WILSON , Respondent

- Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:18

- CV

- 2537

Before SMITH, HIGGINSON, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Lamont Dejuan Higgs, federal prisoner # 47498

- 177, moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challeng ing his guilty plea convictions and sentences for being a felon in possession of a f irearm and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. By moving to proceed IFP on appeal, Higgs challenges the district court’s certification that his appeal is not taken in good faith. See

* Pursuant to 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5.4. United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit 

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2 Baugh v. Taylor , 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1 997). Our inquiry into an appellant’s good faith “is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous).” Howard v. King , 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) ( internal quotation marks and citation omi tted). A petitioner can attack the validity of his convictions and sentences in a § 2241 petition only if he can meet the requirements of the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See § 2255(e); Jeffers v. Chandler , 253 F.3d 827, 830 (5th Cir. 2001) ; Reyes

- Requena v. United States , 243 F.3d 893, 904 (5th Cir. 2001). Higgs’s argument that § 2255 is inadequate to test the legality of his detention because his § 2255 motion was denied as time barred is unavailing ,

a s we ha ve held that relief under § 2255 is n ot inadequate or ineffective merely because the petitioner has filed a prior unsuccessful § 2255 motion

. See Pack v. Yusuff , 218 F.3d 448, 452

- 53 (5th Cir. 2000)

. His c hallenge to t he validity of a sentencing enhancement do es not satisfy the savings clause of § 2255. See
, e.g. , In re Bradford , 660 F.3d 226, 230 (5th Cir. 2011)

. While he relies on United States v. Wheeler , 886 F.3d 415 (4th Cir. 2018), cert. denied , 139 S. Ct. 1318 (2019), to argue that fundamental sentencing errors satisfy the savings clause, Wheeler is not binding in this circuit and does not allow us to overturn our precedent. See United States v. Traxler , 674 F.3d 486, 489 (5th Cir. 2014). His reliance on Persaud v. United States , 134 S. Ct. 1023 (2014), is also misplaced, as Persaud was not a substantive decision and did not overrule our precedent regarding the availability of § 2241 relief. See Robinson v. United States , 812 F.3d 476, 477 (5th Cir. 2016). Finally , h is contention that his counsel rende red ineffective assistance do es not demonstrate that he was convicted of a nonexistent offense and therefore do es not satisfy the requirements of the savings clause. See § 2255(e); Jeffers , 253 F.3d at 831; Reyes

- Requena , 243 F.3d at 903

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3 Because Higg s has failed to raise a nonfrivolous issue for appeal , h is motion to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh , 117 F.3d at 202 & n.24 ; 5 TH C IR . R. 42.2

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