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Date Created: 2023-08-20 13:00:34.609144+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-6689

        CHRISTOPHER BARFIELD,

                              Petitioner - Appellant,

                     v.

        J. C. STREEVAL,

                            Respondent - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:21-cv-00190-EKD-JCH)

        Submitted: August 8, 2023                                         Decided: August 18, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Christopher Barfield, Appellant Pro Se. Krista Consiglio Frith, Assistant United States
        Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for
        Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Christopher Barfield, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order dismissing

        his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction. In light of the Supreme Court’s recent

        decision in Jones v. Hendrix, 143 S. Ct. 1857, 1868-69 (2023) (holding that petitioner

        cannot use § 2241 petition by way of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) to mount

        successive collateral attack on validity of federal conviction), we conclude that Barfield

        cannot pursue his claims in a § 2241 petition.

               Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order dismissing Barfield’s § 2241

        petition. Barfield v. Streeval, No. 7:21-cv-00190-EKD-JCH (W.D. Va. May 31, 2022).

        We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

        presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional

        process.

                                                                                         AFFIRMED

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