Source: http://tx.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20190906_0003144.NTX.htm/qx
Timestamp: 2020-06-03 13:29:20
Document Index: 777007650

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2241', '§ 2241', '§ 846', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 3582', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2241', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2555', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2241', '§ 2241']

FindACase™ | Mata v. Underwood
Mata v. Underwood
ROGERIO MATA, Petitioner,
MARTHA UNDERWOOD, Warden, FCI-Seagoville, Respondent.
TERRY R. MEANS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Before the Court is a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 filed by petitioner Rogerio Matanco, then housed in FCI-Seagoville in this district.[1] Respondent Underwood filed a response with an appendix. (Resp. (Doc. 10); App. (Doc. 11-1).) After considering the pleadings and relief sought by Petitioner and the applicable law, the Court concludes that the § 2241 petition must be DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
Petitioner Rogerio Mata was convicted in this Court in cause number 4:11-CR-192-Y on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). (App. (doc. 11-1) at 3 7.)[2] On September 19, 2012, this Court imposed a sentence of 218 months' imprisonment, to run concurrently with state charges in case numbers 122547D, 1221558D, and 1221549D in Criminal District Court No. 2, Tarrant County, Texas. (Id. at 4.) Mata did not file a direct appeal.
In June 2014, Mata filed a motion that the Court construed as a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, but when he failed to respond to a Court order, that § 2255 motion was dismissed without prejudice. See Mata v. United States, No.4:14-CV-568-Y (N.D. Tex. Orders entered July 23, 2014, and September 18, 2014). Mata then filed a motion for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) in the criminal case, which was granted, and his sentence was reduced from 218 months to 174 months. See United States v. Mata, No. 4:11-CR-192-Y (N.D. Tex. April 25, 2016). Mata subsequently filed other § 2255 motions that were consolidated and later dismissed with prejudice. See Mata v. United States, No.4:16-CV-063-Y (consolidated with No.4:16-CV-476-Y) (N.D. Tex. Nov. 8, 2017). On March 26, 2018, Mata filed a document in the criminal case styled “Formal Petition under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2241 with Consideration for Finding of ‘Actual Innocence' of Sentence all upon Constitutional Claim over ‘Delivery' Enhancement toward Career Status.” See United States v. Mata, No.4:11-CR-192-Y (doc. 644). By order entered April 25, 2018, the document was filed in the above styled civil case as a petition seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Id. (doc. 645).) After the issuance of a notice of deficiency, Mata filed an amended form petition for relief under § 2241. (Am. Pet. (doc. 6).)
In that petition, Mata asserts that a career-offender enhancement he received during sentencing in the underlying criminal case is subject to a vagueness challenge, such that his sentence is no longer valid as the result of recent case law. (Am. Pet. (doc. 6) at 5-6.) Mata also claims he is actually innocent of his sentence as imposed. (Id. at 8.)
A motion under § 2255 provides the primary means of collaterally attacking a federal conviction or sentence. Jeffers v. Chandler, 253 F.3d 827, 830 (5th Cir. 2001)(per curiam)(citing Tolliver v. Dobre, 211 F.3d 876, 877 (5th Cir. 2000)(per curiam)). “While § 2241 is more typically used to challenge the execution of a prisoner's sentence, a federal prisoner may bring a petition under § 2241 to challenge the legality of his conviction or sentence if he can satisfy the mandates of the ‘savings clause' of § 2255.” Christopher v. Miles, 342 F.3d 378, 381 (5th Cir. 2003) (citing Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 900-01 (5th Cir. 2001)). The so-called “savings clause” provides that
28 U.S.C. § 2555(e)(West 2019). Under this “savings clause, ” the petitioner has the burden of showing that the § 2255 remedy is “inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his detention.” Jeffers, 253 F.3d at 830; see also Padilla v. United States, 416 F.3d 424, 426 (5th Cir. 2005)(per curiam).
Mata wholly fails to show that the § 2255 remedy is either inadequate or ineffective. Mata cannot rely on § 2241 merely because he is now limited in his ability to seek relief under § 2255. See Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 453 (5th Cir. 2000)(citing Tolliver, 211 F.3d at 878)(holding that neither a prior, unsuccessful § 2255 motion, the limitations bar, nor successiveness renders the § 2255 remedy inadequate or ineffective)). Moreover, the Fifth Circuit has determined that, before a petitioner may pursue relief through § 2241 under the language of the § 2255 savings clause, he must show that:
Christopher, 342 F.3d at 382 (citing Reyes-Requena, 243 F.3d at 904 and Jeffers, 253 F.3d at 830).
In this case, petitioner Mata has not made these showings, and a review of the grounds asserted in his § 2241 petition shows that he cannot make them for the reasons stated in the Respondent's response at 5-8. (Resp. (doc. 10) 5-8.) As noted therein, Mata's claim challenges the imposition of his sentence, but he makes no claim that he was actually convicted of a nonexistent offense. As Mata does not contend that he is actually innocent of the charge for which he was convicted based upon a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision, and as he otherwise challenges the imposition of sentence, he is not entitled to relief under § 2241. Accordingly, the petition seeking such relief must be dismissed for want of ...