Muhammad v. Wilson, No. 3:2014cv00387 - Document 7 (E.D. Va. 2014)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Henry E. Hudson on 8/13/2014. Copies as DIRECTED to Muhammad.(cmcc, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT E e AUG I 5 28M FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA! Richmond Division n l CLERK. U.S. DISTfliCT COURT RICHMOND, VA ABDUL-AZIZ RASHID MUHAMMAD, Petitioner. Civil Action No. 3:14CV387-HEH ERIC WILSON, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION (Dismissing 28 U.S.C. § 2241 For Want Of Jurisdiction) Abdul-Aziz Rashid Muhammad, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, submitted a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 Petition. ("§ 2241 Petition," ECF No. 1.) For the reasons set forth below, the § 2241 Petition will be dismissed for want ofjurisdiction. I. Procedural History In 1990, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ("Sentencing Court") convicted Muhammad of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, aiding and abetting armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. See United States v. Muhammad, 948 F.2d 1449, 1452 (6th Cir. 1991); (§ 2241 Pet. Ex. 1). The Sentencing Court sentenced Muhammad to 327 months of imprisonment followed by a mandatory twenty-year consecutive sentence for his 18 U.S.C. 924(c) use of a firearm conviction. Muhammad, 948 F.2d at 1452. Thereafter, Muhammad began to file numerous post-conviction challenges to his conviction and sentence. See Muhammad v. Purdue, No. 5:12CV129, 2013 WL

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