Fidel Villarreal v. R. Wolfe

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 1, 2024
• Docket: 22-6946
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-6946

FIDEL VILLARREAL,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

R. M. WOLFE,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00131-JPB)

Submitted: March 28, 2024 Decided: April 1, 2024

Before KING and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed as modified by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Fidel Villarreal, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Fidel Villarreal, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order accepting the

recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing Villarreal’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241

petition in which Villarreal challenged the execution of his sentence. We affirm on the

ground that Villarreal failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, Villarreal v. Wolfe,

No. 5:22-cv-00131-JPB (N.D.W. Va. Aug. 8, 2022), but we modify the order to reflect that

the dismissal is without prejudice, see 28 U.S.C. § 2106; Timms v. Johns, 627 F.3d 525,

530-33 (4th Cir. 2010). 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 AS MODIFIED