ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

JOHN R. TUNHEIM, Chief District Judge.

Petitioner Allison Hargrave pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). See United States v. Hargrave, 470 F. App'x 355, 355 (5thCir. 2012). She was sentenced to a 360-month term of imprisonment by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Id at 356. On September 7, 2018, she filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition in this court, seeking to collaterally attack her sentence. (Pet., Sept. 7, 2018, Docket No. 1.) On November 28, 2018, Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer filed a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") to dismiss Hargrave's petition, without prejudice, for lack of jurisdiction. (R. & R. at 7, Nov. 28, 2018, Docket No. 6.) Hargrave objected to the R&R. (Pet'r's Resp., Dec. 20, 2018, Docket No. 7.) Because the Court lacks jurisdiction or otherwise finds the petition deficient, the Court will overrule Hargrave's objection, adopt the R&R and deny Hargrave's petition.

Hargrave's § 2241 petition asserted three claims for relief. First, she argued that the Supreme Court's Sessions v. Dimaya opinion—which held that the term "crime of violence" as defined in an immigration statute was unconstitutionally vague—applies to her case. (See Pet'r's Resp. to Ct. Order at 3, Oct. 18, 2018, Docket No 5.) Second, she argued that sentencing court's decision regarding her restitution was invalid because the government did not comply with the relevant statute. (Id. at 4.) Finally, she argued that the prosecution team in her case committed a Brady violation when it failed to provide her and her attorney with a witness list. (Id. at 4-5.)

The Magistrate Judge found that the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear Hargrave's Dimaya argument because the exclusive remedy for such an argument is through a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, which may only be filed with the sentencing court. 28 U.S.C. § 2255(a). Hargrave acknowledges that a § 2255 motion is the appropriate remedy, but states that she cannot file that motion with her sentencing court because it would be her second such motion and would require pre-authorization. 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). Hargrave, therefore, requests authorization from the Court. However, as § 2255(h) makes clear, authorization to file a second § 2255 motion can only be given from the "appropriate court of appeals." Id. The appropriate court of appeals in this case would be the Fifth Circuit. Accordingly, the Court cannot grant Hargrave's request.

Regarding Hargrave's restitution argument, the Magistrate Judge concluded that restitution can only be challenged through a § 2241 petition in exceptional circumstances, and that Hargrave had not shown any such circumstances. Hargrave, in response, simply reiterates her position that her restitution was calculated in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2259. Because Hargrave has not provided any reason why a § 2241 petition is appropriate to challenge her restitution the Court will deny her request.

Finally, the Magistrate Judge found Hargrave's Brady argument unpersuasive in part because Hargrave could have asserted the argument in her initial § 2255 motion. Hargrave does not respond or object to this point. Because Hargrave's Brady argument could have been raised in her earlier § 2255 motion, the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear it in this § 2241 petition.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e).

ORDER

Based on the foregoing, and all the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: