Case Name: Ronald P. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.E. THOMAS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-16
Citations: 485 F. App'x 888
Docket Number: No. 12-35013
Parties: Ronald P. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.E. THOMAS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
Ronald P. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.E. THOMAS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 12-35013.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 16, 2012.
Ronald P. Green, Talladega, AL, pro se.
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Ronald P. Green appeals pro se from the district court's judg ment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 ha-beas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Green contends that he is actually innocent of being a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 and therefore he should be allowed to proceed with his section 2241 petition under the "escape hatch" of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). This contention is foreclosed. See Marrero v. Ives, 682 F.3d 1190, 1195 (9th Cir.2012) ("[T]he purely legal argument that a petitioner was wrongly classified as a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines is not cognizable as a claim of actual innocence under the escape hatch."). The district court correctly dismissed his petition. See id.
We construe Green's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22 — 1(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.