G.R. SMITH, Magistrate Judge.
In 1998, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa sentenced Ira Jerome Moore to a 210-month term of imprisonment, followed by a period of supervised release.
Moore now challenges his original sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 or, alternatively, 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Id., doc. 23. He contends that he was "sentenced unlawfully" in Iowa under a provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") recently determined by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional. Johnson v. United States, ___ U.S. ___ 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015).
The Court is preliminarily reviewing Moore's motion under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings. Because Moore challenges the validity of his original sentence, not its execution, he must seek § 2255 relief in "the court which imposed the sentence." 28 U.S.C. § 2255(a). The ACCA sentence that he challenges was imposed by the Northern District of Iowa, and therefore he must pursue § 2255 relief in that court, not here.
Even if Moore could surmount § 2255(a)'s geographic/jurisdictional limitation, he can invoke § 2241 only in the rare circumstance that § 2255 "is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his detention." 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) (otherwise known as "the savings clause"). "The `savings clause' . . . permits a federal prisoner, under very limited circumstances, to file a habeas petition pursuant to § 2241."
The Eleventh Circuit recently held that Johnson "did not establish a new rule of constitutional law made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court." In re: Gilberto Rivero, ___ F. 3d ___, 2015 WL 4747749 at *1 (11th Cir. Aug. 12, 2015); but see Price v. United States, ___ F. 3d ___, 2015 WL 4621024 at *3 (7th Cir. Aug. 4, 2015) (authorizing a second or successive petition based on Johnson). Such a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision is an essential condition necessary for a "claim to pass muster under the savings clause." Samak, 766 F.3d at 1274. So, Moore's reliance on the savings clause is misplaced.
Finally, even if somehow Moore could be said to be challenging the execution of his sentence under a proper § 2241 petition, he is now incarcerated in Salters, South Carolina, doc. 23 at 3; see also attached B.O.P. print-out, and thus he must seek § 2241 relief in the District of South Carolina. See Vance v. United States, 476 F. App'x 234, 234 (11th Cir. 2012); Paye v. United States, 2007 WL 2177114 at *1 (S.D. Ga. July 25, 2007).
Whether Moore's filing is treated as a § 2255 motion or a § 2241 petition, it must be DISMISSED, as this Court has no power to consider it.
Moore v. Holt, 2012 WL 580172 (M.D. Pa. Feb. 22, 2012).
Samak v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Medium, 766 F.3d 1271, 1280 (11th Cir. 2014); see also Bryant v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Medium, 738 F.3d 1253, 1280 (11th Cir. 2013) (what makes a motion to vacate inadequate or ineffective, as required to permit a § 2241 habeas petition under § 2255's savings clause, is when erroneous circuit precedent foreclosed the petitioner's argument on the motion to vacate).