Alan David Harris, Petitioner-appellant, v. Wayne H. Seifert, Respondent-appellee, 87 F.3d 1319 (9th Cir. 1996)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Alan David Harris, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He contends the district court erred by construing his two double jeopardy claims as challenges to his conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and dismissing these claims for lack of jurisdiction. Harris's contention lacks merit; he may challenge his conviction only in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, where he was convicted and sentenced. See Tripati v. Henman, 843 F.2d 1160, 1162 (9th Cir.) (§ 2255 motion filed in sentencing court generally is appropriate vehicle for challenging conviction), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 982 (1988). Harris also contends the district court erred by requiring him to bring in a civil rights complaint his nine claims regarding the conditions of confinement at FCI Boron and FCI Safford. This contention also lacks merit. See Crawford v. Bell, 599 F.2d 890, 891-92 & n. 1 (9th Cir. 1979) (affirming dismissal of habeas petition on basis that challenges to terms and conditions of imprisonment must be brought in civil rights complaint, and holding this court not bound by Supreme Court's statement in Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 526 n. 6 (1979), that availability of habeas petition to obtain review of conditions of confinement is open question); but see Fierro v. Gomez, 77 F.3d 301, 304 n. 2 (9th Cir. 1996) (declining to address whether challenge to conditions of confinement may be brought under habeas).

AFFIRMED.