Christopher Barfield v. J. Streeval ( 2023 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-6689
CHRISTOPHER BARFIELD,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
J. C. STREEVAL,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:21-cv-00190-EKD-JCH)
Submitted: August 8, 2023 Decided: August 18, 2023
Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher Barfield, Appellant Pro Se. Krista Consiglio Frith, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Christopher Barfield, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order dismissing
his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction. In light of the Supreme Court’s recent
decision in Jones v. Hendrix, 143 S. Ct. 1857, 1868-69 (2023) (holding that petitioner
cannot use § 2241 petition by way of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) to mount
successive collateral attack on validity of federal conviction), we conclude that Barfield
cannot pursue his claims in a § 2241 petition.
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order dismissing Barfield’s § 2241
petition. Barfield v. Streeval, No. 7:21-cv-00190-EKD-JCH (W.D. Va. May 31, 2022).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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