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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2241', '§ 636', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 841', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 841', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2255']

| Glaspy v. Atkinson
Glaspy v. Atkinson
Leon Glaspy, Petitioner,v.Kenny Atkinson, Warden, Respondent.
Petitioner Leon Glaspy ("Petitioner") filed this pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (ECF No. 1.) In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Rule 73.02, the matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett for pretrial handling. On March 21, 2014, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation ("Report") recommending the court summarily dismiss the Petition. (ECF No. 8.) This review considers Petitioner's Reply to Magistrate Report and Recommendation ("Objections"), filed April 10, 2014. (ECF No. 11.) For the reasons set forth herein, the court ACCEPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report. The court thereby DISMISSES the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with prejudice (ECF No. 1).
The facts are discussed in the Report. ( See ECF No. 8.) The court concludes, upon its own careful review of the record, that the Magistrate Judge's factual summation is accurate and incorporates it by reference. The court will only recite herein facts pertinent to the analysis of Petitioner's Objections.
Petitioner is incarcerated at the Satellite Prison Camp in Edgefield, South Carolina, serving a 188 month sentence after pleading guilty to charges of distribution of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. (ECF No. 1 at 1-2.) Petitioner filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which affirmed his conviction in an order issued October 25, 2010. ( Id. at 4.) Petitioner filed a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which was denied on July 19, 2013. (ECF No. 8 at 1.) Petitioner then filed his Petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on January 22, 2014, challenging the validity of 21 U.S.C. § 841[1], asserting that overlapping jurisdictions between state and federal laws is unconstitutional, and alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. (ECF No. 1 at 7-8.) On March 21, 2013, the Magistrate Judge issued the Report recommending the court summarily dismiss the Petition. (ECF No. 8.) The Magistrate Judge found that as Petitioner seeks to have his conviction nullified, he must seek relief under § 2255 rather than under § 2241, unless he satisfies the savings clause. The savings clause states:
28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). To determine if relief under § 2255 is inadequate, a petitioner must show: "(1) at the time of conviction, settled law of this circuit or the Supreme Court established the legality of the conviction; (2) subsequent to the prisoner's direct appeal and first § 2255 motion, the substantive law changed such that the conduct of which the prisoner was convicted is deemed not to be criminal; and (3) the prisoner cannot satisfy the gatekeeping provisions of § 2255 because the new rule is not one of constitutional law." In re Jones, 226 F.3d 328, 333-34 (4th Cir. 2000). The Magistrate Judge noted that because Petitioner could not point to a case from the United States Supreme Court or the Fourth Circuit that renders 21 U.S.C. § 841 invalid, he could not show that relief under § 2255 is inadequate, and therefore is not entitled to relief under § 2241. (ECF No. 8 at 5.)
Petitioner timely filed his Objections on April 10, 2014. (ECF No. 11.)
Petitioner's Objections lack the requisite specificity required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). In his Objections, Petitioner merely states that a motion under § 2255 "does not afford him the proper relief to question the legality of and/or constitutionality of his imprisonment." (ECF No. 11 at 1.) He fails, however, to specify precisely how or why it cannot afford him the proper relief. Petitioner also cites to cases to establish his right to challenge federal authority. ( Id. ) Although Petitioner possesses this right, he fails to present facts or arguments showing how federal authority violated his constitutional rights. Since Petitioner failed to properly object to the Report with specificity, the court does not need to conduct a de novo review and instead must "only satisfy itself ...