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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                             No. 01-41151
                                           Summary Calendar

MICHAEL FISHER,

                                                                                       Petitioner-
Appellant,

                                                  versus

MICHAEL PURDY, Warden,

                                                                                      Respondent-
Appellee.

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                            Appeal from the United States District Court
                                   for the Southern District of Texas
                                        USDC No. C-01-CV-58
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                                              May 31, 2002

Before JOLLY, EMILIO M. GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

        Michael Fisher, federal prisoner # 05226-112, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28

U.S.C. § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction. Fisher argues that he is entitled to bring his claim that

the indictment was fundamentally defective under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He argues

that his claim is a jurisdictional issue which may be raised at any time. Fisher has not shown that he

is entitled to raise his claim under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Fisher has not shown

that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is inadequate or ineffective. See Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 452 (5th Cir.

2000). Further, his claim is based on United States v. Du Bo, 186 F.3d 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). He has

        *
           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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
not shown that his claim is based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision which

establishes that he may have been convicted of a nonexistent offense or that the claim was foreclosed

by circuit law at the time when the claim should have been raised in his trial, appeal, or first 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255 motion. See Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 900 (5th Cir. 2001). Therefore,

the district court did not err in determining that Fisher could not bring this claim under the savings

clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

        AFFIRMED.

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