Opinion ID: 166439
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Heading: Characterization of Mr. Davis's Claims

Text: 8 At the outset we need to determine what avenues of relief Mr. Davis is pursuing. First, a challenge to the execution of a sentence should be brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Bradshaw v. Story, 86 F.3d 164, 166 (10th Cir.1996) (A petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 attacks the execution of a sentence rather than its validity....). Thus, this is the provision that would ordinarily apply to Mr. Davis's challenge to the failure to convert his 1991 sentence to a lesser term after enactment of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4724. Second, to the extent that Mr. Davis contends that his present sentence is unlawful (because it was influenced by the improper execution of his 1991 sentence), the claim should be brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Montez v. McKinna, 208 F.3d 862, 865 (10th Cir.2000) (a challenge to the validity of a conviction and sentence is properly brought under § 2254). Third, he seeks relief concerning a sentence he has already served (the 1991 sentence) by bringing a petition for a writ of coram nobis under 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). Cf. United States v. Torres, 282 F.3d 1241, 1245 n. 6 (10th Cir.2002) (noting availability of coram nobis relief for federal convictions). As we shall explain, all three forms of relief are barred.