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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                 August 16, 2005

                                                         Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                 Clerk
                            No. 04-11454
                        Conference Calendar

JAMES EUGENE TAYLOR,

                                    Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; K. J. WENDT, Warden,

                                    Respondents-Appellees.

                         --------------------
            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Northern District of Texas
                       USDC No. 3:04-CV-1865-P
                         --------------------

Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     James Eugene Taylor, federal prisoner # 31419-077, appeals

the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, in which he alleged

that the Government had failed to disclose exculpatory evidence

in securing his conviction in the Northern District of Texas.

Taylor argues that the district court erred in denying his

petition.   In an appeal from the denial of habeas relief, this

court reviews the district court’s findings of fact for clear

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                            No. 04-11454
                                 -2-

error and issues of law de novo.    Jeffers v. Chandler, 253 F.3d
827, 830 (5th Cir. 2001).

     A petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 which attacks errors

that occurred at trial or sentencing should be dismissed or

construed as a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.    Id.; Pack v.

Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 452 (5th Cir. 2000).    Taylor’s 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241 petition challenged his conviction, rather than attacking

the manner in which his sentence was being executed.    Taylor has

not shown that the remedy provided under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is

inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his detention.

See Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 901 (5th Cir.

2001).    Further, the district court lacked jurisdiction to

construe Taylor’s petition as a successive motion under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255.    See Hooker v. Sivley, 187 F.3d 680, 681-82 (5th Cir.

1999).    The district court’s judgment denying Taylor’s petition

is AFFIRMED.