Jones v. Hendrix, No. 20-1286 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus where petitioner challenged his 2000 felon-in-possession conviction under Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. ---, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019). The court agreed with the district court that petitioner failed to show that 28 U.S.C. 2255's remedy was ineffective or inadequate to test the legality of his detention—a prerequisite in his case to habeas relief. In this case, section 2255's remedy was itself perfectly capable of facilitating petitioner's argument where section 2255 authorizes a motion challenging a sentence upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the laws of the United States.
Court Description: [Gruender, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Habeas. Jones filed a Section 2241 in an attempt to bring a Rehaif claim, and the district court dismissed it because he had failed to show that Section 2255 was not an effective remedy; Section 2255 was perfectly capable of facilitating Jones's argument and the district court dismissal is affirmed.
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