Case Name: WRIGHT v. LOONEY, Warden
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1954-04-16
Citations: 212 F.2d 186
Docket Number: No. 4771
Parties: WRIGHT v. LOONEY, Warden.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 212
Pages: 186–186

Head Matter:
WRIGHT v. LOONEY, Warden.
No. 4771.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
April 16, 1954.
Rehearing Denied May 13, 1954.
Cecil L. Wright, appellant, pro se.
George Templar, U. S. Atty., Arkansas City, Kan., for appellee.
Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and'. BRATTON and MURRAH, Circuit-Judges.

Opinion:
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of' the trial court denying the appellant's-petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the petition presented' no question cognizable in a habeas corpus proceeding.
The petitioner is now serving a sentence under a judgment of the district court for the Eastern District of Illinois-for the unlawful possession and transportation of firearms in interstate commerce, in violation of Title 15 U.S.C.A. § 902(e). He has heretofore attacked, the validity of that judgment in a proceeding under Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255-in which he challenged the constitutionality of the statute under which he was tried and sentenced, and that remedy is-exclusive. Holloway v. Looney, 10 Cir., 207 F.2d 433; Clough v. Hunter, 10 Cir., 191 F.2d 516; Barnes v. Hunter, 10 Cir., 188 F.2d 86; Nelson v. Looney, 10 Cir., 1954, 211 F.2d 89. The petitioner not, having served the sentence under which, he is confined, is not entitled to any relief in habeas corpus.
The judgment is affirmed.