Case Name: Edwin Arthur EHLERS, II Petitioner-Appellant v. Denise WILSON, Warden Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-07-13
Citations: 667 F. App'x 572
Docket Number: No. 15-3270
Parties: Edwin Arthur EHLERS, II Petitioner-Appellant v. Denise WILSON, Warden Respondent-Appellee
Judges: Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 572–572

Head Matter:
Edwin Arthur EHLERS, II Petitioner-Appellant v. Denise WILSON, Warden Respondent-Appellee
No. 15-3270
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: July 5, 2016
Filed: July 13, 2016
Edwin Arthur Ehlers, II, Pro Se
Katharine Thornton Buzicky, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Michael L. Cheever, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Bradley M. Endicott, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Saint Paul, MN, for Respondent-Appellee
Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Edwin Arthur Ehlers, II appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his conviction by court-martial. Following de novo review, see Hill v. Morrison, 349 F.3d 1089, 1091 (8th Cir. 2003), we conclude that the district court properly denied the petition, as the military courts gave fair consideration to Ehlers's claims, see Burns v. Wilson, 346 U.S. 137, 144, 73 S.Ct. 1045, 97 L.Ed. 1508 (1953) (limited function of civilian courts is to determine whether military gave fair consideration to petitioner's claims); and Ehlers did not demonstrate cause and prejudice to excuse his failure to raise his remaining claims in the military courts, see Lips v. Commandant, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, 997 F.2d 808, 812 (10th Cir. 1993) (federal courts will not review claims prisoner failed to raise in military court), or actual innocence, see McQuiggin v. Perkins, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1924, 1928, 185 L.Ed.2d 1019 (2013) (actual innocence serves as gateway to habeas review; petitioner must show that, in light of new evidence, no reasonable juror would have voted to find him guilty beyond reasonable doubt). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Franklin L. Noel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.