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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 22, 2003 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 03-40442 Conference Calendar DARYAL EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 5:02-CV-64 - Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Daryal Edwards (“Edwards”), fede
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 22, 2003 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 03-40442 Conference Calendar DARYAL EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 5:02-CV-64 - Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Daryal Edwards (“Edwards”), feder..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 22, 2003
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 03-40442
Conference Calendar
DARYAL EDWARDS,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:02-CV-64
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Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Daryal Edwards (“Edwards”), federal inmate # 06949-078,
appeals the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his
28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his conviction for
possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and
traveling in interstate commerce to further unlawful activity.
Edwards argues that his initial search and seizure was illegal
and that the indictment in his case was “fatally flawed.”
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
No. 03-40442
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Edwards also argues that the Attorney General and the Bureau of
Prisons lack the authority to “constrain We the People.”
Edwards has failed to identify a retroactively applicable
Supreme Court decision which establishes that he may have been
convicted of a nonexistent offense. His claims, therefore, do
not satisfy the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and thus he
is not entitled to utilize 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See Reyes-Requena
v. United States,
243 F.3d 893 (5th Cir. 2001). This appeal is
without arguable merit and is frivolous. See Howard v. King,
707
F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983). It is therefore dismissed.
5TH CIR. R. 42.2.
APPEAL DISMISSED.