Case Name: James Edward DEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant v. Warden Claude MAYE, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-22
Citations: 514 F. App'x 512
Docket Number: No. 12-50886
Parties: James Edward DEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant v. Warden Claude MAYE, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WIENER, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 514
Pages: 512–513

Head Matter:
James Edward DEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant v. Warden Claude MAYE, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 12-50886
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 22, 2013.
James Edward Deaver, Three Rivers, TX, pro se.
Before WIENER, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
James Edward Deaver, federal prisoner # 91858-080, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) petition. Deaver claims that the denial of his § 1651(a) petition was error, arguing that such a petition is the only remedy available to him to seek invalidation of his unjust sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute amphetamine. As he attacks the validity of his sentence, his claim arises under § 2255, thus relief under the All Writs Act is unavailable to him. See Carlisle v. United States, 517 U.S. 416, 429, 116 S.Ct. 1460, 134 L.Ed.2d 613 (1996); see also Tolliver v. Dobre, 211 F.3d 876, 877 (5th Cir.2000). The district court properly dismissed the petition because we did not authorize the filing of a successive § 2255 motion. Accordingly, the appeal is frivolous, and it is dismissed. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983); 5th Cm. R. 42.2.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.