Case Name: Shannon Keith HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Francisco QUINTANA, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-02
Citations: 653 F. App'x 803
Docket Number: No. 16-20130
Parties: Shannon Keith HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Francisco QUINTANA, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 653
Pages: 803–803

Head Matter:
Shannon Keith HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Francisco QUINTANA, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 16-20130
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Date Filed: 06/02/2016
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Shannon Harris, federal prisoner # 16186-179, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition in which he claimed that he is actually innocent of his sentencing enhancement and that 28 U.S.C. § 2255's savings clause permitted him to bring this claim in a § 2241 petition. Harris is not required to obtain a certificate of appealability. See Padilla v. United States, 416 F.3d 424, 425 (5th Cir. 2005).
When Harris filed his claim for relief in the Southern District of Texas, he was incarcerated in Kentucky. The district court thus lacked jurisdiction to consider the § 2241 petition because Harris was required to bring it in the district where he was confined. See Padilla, 416 F.3d at 426; Lee v. Wetzel, 244 F.3d 370, 373 (5th Cir. 2001).
Accordingly, the judgment of dismissal .is AFFIRMED. Harris's motion for release pending appeal is DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.