Lia St. Junius v. Marne Boyle

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: June 26, 2018
• Docket: 17-20068
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 17-20068 Document: 00514529251 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/26/2018

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

No. 17-20068 FILED Summary Calendar June 26, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk LIA SAMIRA ST. JUNIUS,

Petitioner - Appellant

v.

MARNE BOYLE, Warden, Federal Prison Camp Bryan,

Respondent - Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:16-CV-1210

Before BARKSDALE, OWEN, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Lia Samira St. Junius, federal prisoner # 80180-279 and proceeding pro se, challenges the district court’s dismissing, as time barred, her 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas corpus. “In an appeal from the denial of habeas relief, this court reviews a district court’s findings of fact for clear error and issues of law de novo.” Wilson v. Roy, 643 F.3d 433, 434 (5th Cir. 2011) (internal quotation omitted). Along

* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4. Case: 17-20068 Document: 00514529251 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/26/2018

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that line, we “may affirm the denial of habeas relief on any ground supported by the record”. Scott v. Johnson, 227 F.3d 260, 262 (5th Cir. 2000). “A writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 are distinct mechanisms for seeking post-conviction relief.” Pack v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 451 (5th Cir. 2000). Section 2255 is “the primary means of collateral attack on a federal sentence”; and, as a general rule, a federal prisoner who seeks to collaterally challenge the legality of her sentence must file a § 2255 motion in the sentencing court. Id. (internal quotations omitted). But, under § 2255(e), the “savings clause”, the prisoner may attack the legality of her sentence in a § 2241 petition if she establishes a § 2255 remedy is “inadequate or ineffective”. Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 901 (5th Cir. 2001). “The petitioner bears the burden of demonstrating that the section 2255 remedy is inadequate or ineffective.” Pack, 218 F.3d at 452. St. Junius contends her claim satisfies the savings clause, pursuant to Persaud v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1023 (2014). Persaud, however, was not a substantive decision and, therefore, St. Junius does not meet her burden of showing § 2255 relief was inadequate or ineffective. Robinson v. United States, 812 F.3d 476, 477 (5th Cir. 2016) (“Persaud was not a substantive decision and, therefore, does not support [petitioner’s] contention that the particular sentencing errors he complains of are amenable to § 2241 relief in this case.”). AFFIRMED.