Case Name: John G. WESTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Willie SCOTT, Atlanta, Respondent, Kathleen Hawk, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Warden Wiley, U.S. Probation Office Atlanta, New Warden, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-23
Citations: 369 F. App'x 979
Docket Number: No. 09-12647
Parties: John G. WESTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Willie SCOTT, Atlanta, Respondent, Kathleen Hawk, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Warden Wiley, U.S. Probation Office Atlanta, New Warden, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, CARNES and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 369
Pages: 979–979

Head Matter:
John G. WESTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Willie SCOTT, Atlanta, Respondent, Kathleen Hawk, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Warden Wiley, U.S. Probation Office Atlanta, New Warden, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 09-12647
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
March 23, 2010.
John G. Westine, Leavenworth, KS, pro se.
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, CARNES and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner/Appellant John G. Westine, proceeding pro se, appeals the denial of his motion for a status hearing on his amended "writ of habeas corpus under the savings clause." Westine argues that he is actually innocent of his offenses of conviction and is entitled to relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 based on the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He asserts that his claim was a properly filed § 2241 habeas petition.
"[I]ssues not briefed on appeal by a pro se litigant are deemed abandoned." Timson v. Sampson, 518 F.3d 870, 874 (11th Cir.2008), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 74, 172 L.Ed.2d 67 (2008).
After reviewing the record, we conclude that Westine has abandoned any challenge to the denial of his motion for a status hearing by not raising any arguments related to it in his brief on appeal. Therefore, we affirm the denial of his motion.
AFFIRMED.