Case Name: Uyi King OSAYANDE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Colin L. Powell, Secretary, Department of State, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-18
Citations: 107 F. App'x 431
Docket Number: No. 04-10259
Parties: Uyi King OSAYANDE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Colin L. Powell, Secretary, Department of State, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before JOLLY, JONES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 107
Pages: 431–433

Head Matter:
Uyi King OSAYANDE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Colin L. Powell, Secretary, Department of State, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 04-10259.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Aug. 18, 2004.
Uyi King Osayande, Eden, TX, pro se.
Before JOLLY, JONES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Uyi King Osayande, federal prisoner #26653-077 and a Nigerian native, was convicted of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute and possession of heroin with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to concurrent 136-month prison terms. Because he was incarcerated, he was unable to submit new fingerprints required for the processing of his naturalization application. He filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking to have the district court declare him a United States national and seeking to have his drug related convictions overturned. The district court dismissed his petition as an unauthorized 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, and Osayande appealed.
On appeal, Osayande offers no argument to challenge the district court's finding that he had failed to establish that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 did not provide an adequate or effective remedy for his constitutional claims against his convictions. By failing to challenge the district court's determination that his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, to the extent it challenged his drug convictions, was an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, Osayande has waived review of that issue. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993).
Osayande argues that, if the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") had not unduly delayed the processing of his naturalization application, the INS would have used his original fingerprint, would not have uncovered his drug convictions, and would have approved his naturalization application. We will not consider this argument as it was not raised in the district court. See Whitehead v. Johnson, 157 F.3d 384, 387-88 (5th Cir.1998).
Finally, Osayande argues that the district court erred in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing on his claim that he is a United States national and that he is therefore ineligible for deportation. The district court did not so err since it had no jurisdiction to declare Osayande to be a United States citizen or national. See 8 U.S.C. § 1421(a); Lawrence v. Lensing, 42 F.3d 255, 259 (5th Cir.1994).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.