Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that thi s opinion should not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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United States v. Bren nan , 2 9 0Fed
. App ’x2 8 6 , 2 8 8( 1 1 thCir
. 2 0 0 8). 1 2 i n di ct m en t
. Th e di st ri ctcourt di sm i ssed B renn an ’ s pet i t i on f or l ack of ju r is d ic tio n , a n dB r e n n a n a p p e a le d
. W e a ffir m . I Bre nnanpl e d g ui l t y t o a nd was c o nvi c t e d o f con spir ac y t o de f

r auda nd b a n k fr au d i n t h e U n i t ed S t ates D i st ri ctC ou rtf or t h e N ort h ern D i st ri ctof G eorgi a. H e w as sentenced t o serve 180 m on t h s. T h e E l even t h C i rcui taf f i rm ed hi s se nt enc e. Brennan i s c urr ent l y an i nm ate att he Feder alC or r ec t i onal 1 In s tit u te inY a z o o C ity , M is s is s ip p i. B renn an , app eari n g pro se, f i l ed a § 22 41 h abea s pet i t i on i n t h e U n i t ed S t ates D i st ri ctC ou rtf or th e Sou t h ern D i st ri ctof M i ssi ssi pp i
. H e requested

“ r e l i e f f r o m av o i d j udg m e n t
. . . t hr o ught he i m m e di at e di s c har ge m e nto f t he P et iti o n e r from federalcust ody
. ” B renn an cl ai m ed that he w as convi ct ed of
c r i m e s t hatw e r e no ts e tf o r t h i n hi s i ndi c t m e nt , r e nde r i ng hi s se nt e nc e i nva l i d. T h e di st ri ct court f ou n d t h at i t di d not h ave j u ri sdi ct i on t o co n sid er B renn an ’ s § 224 1 peti t i on becau se B renn an ’ s pet i t i on chal l en ged“ al l egederr ors t hatoc c urr ed dur i ng hi s fede r als ent enc i ng by t he N or t her n D i st r i c tof G eo r gi a, w h i ch i s not properl y pu rsued i n a § 2241 petit i on , ” b u tinst eadshou l d be rai sed in a§ 2 2 5 5 p e t i t i o n . T h e co u r t t h e n co n s id e r e dw h e th e rth e s a v in g s cla u s e in § 225 5 w ou l d p erm i ti tt o consi der th e § 2 2 4 1 peti t i on . Th e courtdeter m i n ed t hatBr e nnandi d no tm e e tt he r e quir e m e nt s o f t he s avings c l aus e b e c aus e he h adfai l ed t o show t h at th e § 2255 rem edyw as i n ad equ ate ori n ef fect ive t o t est th e lega l i ty of h i s d eten ti on . T h e cou rt dism i sse dB ren n a n ’ s p e tit i on w i th prej u di ce as t o t h e j u ri sdi ct i on ali ssue an d w ithou tprej u di ce as t o al lot h er i s s ue s . Br e nnana ppe al e d.N o. 09- 60185

P ackv . Yusu

ff , 2 1 8F .3 d 4 4 8 , 4 5 1 ( 5 thCir
. 2 0 0 0). 2 Tolliver v. Dobre , 2 1 1 F .3 d 8 7 6 , 8 7 7 -7 8( 5 thCir
. 2 0 0 0). 3 Pack , 21 8 F .3d at 4 51. 4 Id
. 5 Reyes -Requena v. Un ited States , 2 4 3F .3 d 8 9 3 , 9 0 1 ( 5 thCir
. 2 0 0 1 ). 6 I d
. (citing2 8U .S .C
. § 2 2 5 5). 7 Id
. at90 4. 8 3 II O n appeal , B r ennan ar gues thatthe di st r i c tcour ti nco r r ec t l y f ound t hat i t di d not h ave j u ri sdi ct i on over hi s § 224 1 peti t i on . W e condu cta de n ovo revi ew of a di st ri ctcourt ’ s di sm i ssalof a § 2241 petit i on on the pl ead i n gs. 2 Sec t i on 2255 pro vi des the p ri m ar y m eans of c oll at er al l y at t ac ki ng a fe de r alc o nvi c t i o n a nd s e nt e nce. A§ 225 5 pe t i t i o n m us tb e f i l e d i n t he 3 sentenci n g court, an d “[r] el i ef un der sect i on 225 5 i s w arran t ed f or er rors cog n i za b l e on coll a tera lrev i ew tha t occ u r r e d ‘at or p ri or to sen ten ci n g.’” In 4
c o nt r as t , a § 22 41 pe t i t i o n “ at t ac ks t he m anne r i n w hi c h a s e nt e nce i s c arri ed
o u t o rt h e p r is o n a u th o r itie s ’d e te r m in a tio n o f its d u r a tio n , a n dm u s t b e file din t he s am e di st r i c tw her e t he pri so neri s i ncar c er at ed. ” “ H ow eve r , § 2241 m ay be 5
u t i l i zed bya federalp ri soner t o ch al l en ge t h e legal i t y of hi s orher convic t i on or se nt enc e if

he or sh e can sat i sf y t he m andat es of

t he s o- c al l ed § 2255 ‘ sa vi ngs cl au se. ’” U n der t h e savi n gs cl au se, a federalpri soner m ay bri n g a w ri tof

6 h a b ea s corp u s u n d er § 2 2 4 1 if th e § 2 2 5 5 rem ed y is “i n a d eq u a te or i n effective to te s t t h e le g a lityo f h is d e te n tio n .” T h e s a v in g s cla u s e t h u s a p p lie s t o acla im “(i) 7 t h at i s based on a ret roact ive ly app l i cabl e Su prem e C ou rtdeci si on w h i ch est abli shes t h at the peti t i on er m ay h ave been convi ct ed of a non exi st en tof

fen se a n d(ii) th a t w a s fo r e c lo s e db ycir c u it la w a t t h e tim e w h e n th e cla im s h o u ld h a v e b e e n ra is e dinth e p e tit io n e r ’ s tr ia l, a p p e a l, o rfir s t § 2 2 5 5 m o tio n .” 8N o. 09- 60185

SeeP ackv . Yusu

ff , 2 1 8F .3 d 4 4 8 , 4 5 1 ( 5 thCir
. 2 0 0 0). 9 Id
. at45 2. 10 4 B r e n n a n a r g u e s t h a th is § 2 2 4 1 p e tit io n is n o t a co lla te r a l a tt a c ko n h is
se nt e nc e o rac ha l l e ng e t o t he i m p o s i t i o n o f h i s s e nt e nc e . I ns t e a d , Br e nn an ar gues t hat“t he e ss enc e o f t he c l a i m was dir ec t ed t o the A ppel l ee— t he c ust odi an an d an adm i n i st rat ive em pl oyee or of f i cer— an d t h e fact t h at t h e A pp el l ee ‘ does
n o t h a v e c o n s tit u tio n a l a u th o r ityo rlic e n s e b yla w to d e p r iv e th e p e tit io n e ro f h is l iber t y. ’” Th er ef

or e, B r ennan arg ues , he m ay pur sue hi s c l ai m i n a § 2241 pe t i t i o n. T h e cr u xo f B r e n n a n ’ s cla im i s th a t t h e N o r th e r n D is tr ic t o f G e o r g ia
s e nt e nc e d hi m b as e d o n o f fe ns e s t hatw e r e no ti nc l ude d i n hi s indic t m en ta nd t hat t hi s r ender s hi s j udgm ent voi d and ent i t l es hi m t o r el eas e f rom cu st ody. T h u s, B ren n a n ’ s cl a i m i s ba sed on erro rs th a t occu rred “at or p ri or to s e n te n c in g ,” a n dis n o t a n “a tt a c k [ o n ] th e m a n n e rin w h ic h [h is ] s e n t e n c e is
c a r r ie do u t o rth e p r is o n a u th o r itie s ’d e te r m in a tio n o f its d u r a tio n .” 9 A ccor di n gl y, t h e distr i ctcourtcor rect l y concl u ded t h at B renn an ’ s c l ai m s w ere no tpr o pe r l y pur s ue d i n a§ 2 24 1 pe t i t i o n. Fu r t her m or e, B r ennan has notm ett he r equi r em ent s of t he § 2255 sa vi ngs c l ause . Brennan bear s t he bur den of dem ons t r at i ng t hatth e § 2 2 5 5 s avi ngs c la u s e a p p lie s b e c a u s e “ th e s e c tio n 2 2 5 5 re m e d yis in a d e q u a te o rin e ffe c tiv e .” 10 O n a p p e a l, B r e n n a n p r e s e n ts n o a r g u m e n ts th a t t h e § 2 2 5 5 r e m e d yis in a d e q u a te o rin e ffe c tiv e . T h e r e fo r e , B r e n n a n ’ s § 2 2 4 1 p e tit io n d o e s n o t fa ll
w i t h i n t h e savi n gs cl au se of § 2255 , an d the di str ict co u rtproperl y di sm i ssed B r e n n a n ’ s § 2 2 4 1 p e tit io n . * * * T h e re for e , fo rth e r e a s o n s d is c u s s e da b o v e , w e A F F I R M th e d is t r ic tc o u r t ’s j u d gm en t.