Case Name: Danny Lee JOHNSON, Appellant v. Troy WILLIAMSON, Warden, Allenwood Federal Penitentiary; The Federal Bureau of Prisons
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-11-16
Citations: 201 F. App'x 133
Docket Number: No. 06-2528
Parties: Danny Lee JOHNSON, Appellant v. Troy WILLIAMSON, Warden, Allenwood Federal Penitentiary; The Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Judges: Before: Chief Judge SCIRICA, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 201
Pages: 133–135

Head Matter:
Danny Lee JOHNSON, Appellant v. Troy WILLIAMSON, Warden, Allenwood Federal Penitentiary; The Federal Bureau of Prisons.
No. 06-2528.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted for Possible Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and for Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 Oct. 13, 2006.
Filed Nov. 16, 2006.
Danny Lee Johnson, White Deer, PA, pro se.
Before: Chief Judge SCIRICA, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Allenwood at White Deer, Pennsylvania, appeals the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denying his motion to reconsider its order transferring venue and to reopen the proceedings regarding his habeas petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We will affirm.
Johnson pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia of burglary, robbery, kidnaping, and related crimes. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed in 1997. Johnson then unsuccessfully pursued several forms of post-conviction relief, including habeas relief under D.C.Code § 23-110. In July 2005, Johnson filed the section 2241 habeas petition at issue in this matter, asserting that his several unsuceessful attempts to challenge his conviction in the District of Columbia courts demonstrates that the section 23-110 remedy is inadequate and ineffective to test the legality of his detention. On August 23, 2005, the District Court transferred venue of the section 2241 petition to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Johnson filed several motions to reconsider and to reinstate the action, arguing his claims that his conviction was unconstitutionally obtained. The District Court denied the motions on January 9, 2006, noting that Johnson did not raise any arguments that call the District Court's transfer order into doubt.
On March 31, 2006, Johnson filed yet another motion to reconsider and to reopen the proceedings, again challenging the validity of his District of Columbia conviction, and again arguing that the remedy of D.C.Code § 23-110 is inadequate and ineffective. In addition, Johnson alleged that both the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had recently denied him relief on his claims. On April 20, 2006, the District Court denied Johnson's motion, for the same reasons stated in the January 9, 2006 order. Johnson appeals and has filed a memorandum to this Court.
Because this appeal presents "no substantial question," we will summarily affirm.3d Cir. LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6. Johnson's March 31, 2006 motion did not present any argument that the transfer order was in error. Johnson sought to have the District Court reopen the proceedings in order to have substantive consideration given to his section 2241 petition. However, according to his own allegations, his petition already has been duly considered and ruled upon by the transferee court, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the proceedings have ended. Thus, any question stemming from the propriety of the transfer order is now moot. We discern no error in the District Court's denial of Johnson's March 31, 2006 motion.
We will affirm the order of the District Court.
. The Court notified the parties that the appeal would be submitted for possible dismissal for lack of appellate jurisdiction and for possible summary action. To the extent that Johnson's March 31, 2006 motion sought relief under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, we do not dismiss the appeal of the District Court's denial of that motion.