Samuel James Oakley, Sr., Petitioner-appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent-appellee, 948 F.2d 1289 (6th Cir. 1991)

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 948 F.2d 1289 (6th Cir. 1991) Nov. 18, 1991

Before KENNEDY and NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and briefs, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

Samuel Oakley, Sr., appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his federal habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Oakley was found guilty of various federal drug offenses. He was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.

Oakley claimed that his constitutional rights were violated at his trial by inadmissible evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court dismissed the petition, deciding that Oakley was attacking the imposition, not the execution of his sentence; thus he should seek his remedy through a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion filed with the sentencing court. See Wright v. United States Bd. of Parole, 557 F.2d 74, 78 (6th Cir. 1977).

Oakley raises the same arguments on appeal.

Upon consideration, we affirm the district court's judgment for the reasons stated in its memorandum opinion entered April 24, 1991. Rule 9(b) (3), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

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