Morris Johnson v. United States

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: March 10, 1997
• Docket: 96-2789
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 96-2789 ___________

Morris Lynn Johnson, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. United States of America, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellee. * ___________

Submitted: March 4, 1997

Filed: March 10, 1997 ___________

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Morris Johnson appeals from the district court's1 order dismissing without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his motion to expunge or correct records of the Bureau of Prisons and the United States Parole Commission. Reviewing de novo, we conclude that Johnson's motion was properly construed as an attack on the execution of his sentence, and as such, is cognizable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition filed in a court with jurisdiction over Johnson's present custodian. See Bell v. United States, 48 F.3d 1042, 1043-44 (8th Cir. 1995); Schneider v. United

The HONORABLE DAVID S. DOTY, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. States, 27 F.3d 1327, 1331 (8th Cir. 1994) (standard of review), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 723 (1995). As Johnson is incarcerated in

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A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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