Case Name: Neil Paris SUGARMAN, Appellant, v. Percy PITZER, Warden, USP Beaumont, et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1999-04-02
Citations: 335 U.S. App. D.C. 213
Docket Number: No. 98-5522
Parties: Neil Paris SUGARMAN, Appellant, v. Percy PITZER, Warden, USP Beaumont, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before: WALD, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Volume: 335
Pages: 213–214

Head Matter:
170 F.3d 1145
Neil Paris SUGARMAN, Appellant, v. Percy PITZER, Warden, USP Beaumont, et al., Appellees.
No. 98-5522.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
April 2, 1999.
Neil Paris Sugarman, pro se.
Before: WALD, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Opinion for the court filed PER CURIAM.
PER CURIAM:
Appellant, a federal prisoner, filed a habeas petition pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The district court dismissed the petition, and this court must now determine whether appeals challenging the dismissal of a habeas petition brought by a federal prisoner pursuant to § 2241 are included within the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) certificate of appealability (COA) requirement. We hold that a COA is not required for federal prisoner § 2241 appeals.
Under the AEDPA, a COA is necessary in order to appeal "[t]he final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court; or . the final order in a proceeding under section 2255." See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Section 2253 does not refer to § 2241 claims by federal prisoners.
The circuits that have addressed the issue have held that § 2253's COA requirement does not apply to § 2241 claims brought by federal prisoners. See McIntosh v. U.S. Parole Commission, 115 F.3d 809, 810 n. 1 (10th Cir.1997) (no COA required for federal prisoner to appeal the denial of § 2241 petition); Forde v. U.S. Parole Commission, 114 F.3d 878, 879 (9th Cir.1997) (same); Ojo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 106 F.3d 680, 681-82 (5th Cir.1997) (same). See also Ferrante v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 990 F.Supp. 367, 375 n. 2 (D.N.J.1998). In light of the plain language of the AEDPA, which omits federal § 2241 petitiqns from the list of those requiring CO As, we now join in the conclusion that federal § 2241 petitions are excluded from the COA requirement.
The remaining issues pertaining to this appeal are resolved through an unpublished order issued simultaneously with this opinion.