Case Name: Terrell Emil MICKELS, also known as Terrence Emil Nickson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K. ASK-CARLSON; Oscar Jolimo Palacios; Maurice Sandford; John T. Moore; Rick Gastine, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-01
Citations: 582 F. App'x 514
Docket Number: No. 14-30524
Parties: Terrell Emil MICKELS, also known as Terrence Emil Nickson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K. ASK-CARLSON; Oscar Jolimo Palacios; Maurice Sandford; John T. Moore; Rick Gastine, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 582
Pages: 514–515

Head Matter:
Terrell Emil MICKELS, also known as Terrence Emil Nickson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K. ASK-CARLSON; Oscar Jolimo Palacios; Maurice Sandford; John T. Moore; Rick Gastine, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-30524
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 1, 2014.
Terrell Emil Mickels, USP Allenwood, White Deer, PA, pro se.
Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Terrell Emil Mickels, federal prisoner # 11733-003, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for failure to satisfy the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). Mickels challenged his 188-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He contended, based on Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013), that his statutory minimum sentence was unconstitutionally increased based on facts not admitted or proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
We review a district court's dismissal of a § 2241 petition de novo. Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 451 (5th Cir.2000). Since Mickels sought to attack the validity of his sentence, he had to meet the requirements of the savings clause of § 2255(e) to raise his claim in a § 2241 petition. See § 2255(e). To meet the requirements of the savings clause of § 2255(e), Mickels had to show that his claim was "(i) . based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which establishes that [he] . may have been convicted of a nonexistent offense and (ii) that was foreclosed by circuit law at the time when the claim should have been raised in [his] . trial, appeal, or first § 2255 motion." Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 904 (5th Cir.2001).
In Alleyne, the Supreme Court held that any fact that increases a defendant's mandatory minimum sentence must be submitted to a jury to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. 133 S.Ct. at 2163. Since the decision in Alleyne implicates the validity of a sentence, Alleyne does not establish that Mickels was convicted of a nonexistent offense. See Wesson v. U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont, TX, 305 F.3d 343, 348 (5th Cir.2002). Therefore, the district court did not err by dismissing Mickels's § 2241 petition for failure to satisfy the savings clause of § 2255(e).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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.