United States v. Brown , 51 F. App'x 417 ( 2002 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-7011
JAMES ALBERT BROWN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge. (CA-
95-443-3)
Submitted: October 18, 2002 Decided: November 26, 2002
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Albert Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Nancy Chastain Wicker,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
James Brown appeals the district court’s order denying his
petition for a writ of quo warranto. We conclude Brown was required
to challenge his conviction and sentence via a 28 U.S.C. § 2255(2000) motion, or, if that remedy proved inadequate or ineffective,
by filing a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000). Thus,
Brown was not entitled to a writ of quo warranto. Accordingly, we
affirm the district court’s judgment denying Brown’s petition. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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