Webb v. United States of America (INMATE 3)

Filing 24

OPINION AND ORDER: Accordingly, for the reasons indicated above, it is ORDERED that petitioner David Webb's "Rule 22 Motion for Habeas Corpus" (doc. no. 21 ), seeking leave to file a 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for habeas corpus relief, is denied. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 10/7/2019. (kh, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION DAVID WEBB, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:18cv841-MHT (WO) OPINION AND ORDER Before the court is a “Rule 22 Motion for Habeas Corpus” filed by petitioner David Webb, a federal inmate at the Maxwell Federal Prison Camp; the motion was originally filed in, and then referred to this Alabama district court by, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Webb seeks leave to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas-corpus relief to challenge the alleged lack of Article III powers held by the sentencing States court District in his Court criminal for the case, Eastern the United District of Virginia, to enter a judgment and conviction against him. Webb has been convicted of inducement of another to travel in interstate commerce in the execution of a scheme and artifice to defraud that person of property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. I. Previously, Webb filed with this Alabama federal court a self-styled petition for writ of habeas corpus under § 2241 raising the same claims presented in his instant motion; claimed that he his later amended conviction and his petition. sentence were He void because (1) the federal district courts, including the Virginia court in which he was convicted and sentenced, are not lawfully established by Congress; (2) the United States suffered no “injury in fact” from his alleged crimes and thus lacked standing to prosecute him; and (3) his guilty plea was entered under duress in violation of his due-process rights. Because Webb’s claims challenged the validity of his conviction and sentence and fell squarely within 2 the realm of injuries addressed by motions to vacate under 28 U.S.C. self-styled § § 2241 2255, this petition court must motion to vacate under § 2255. be found that considered his as a And, because venue and jurisdiction for actions considered under § 2255 lie in only the district of conviction, this court transferred his case to the Virginia court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, for review and disposition. States, 2018 (Thompson, WL J.), 6182627 (M.D. adopting See Webb v. United Ala. Nov. 27, recommendation, 2018) 2018 WL 6186824 (M.D. Ala. Nov. 5, 2018) (Coody, M.J.). After transfer, the Virginia court entered an order denying Webb’s construed § 2255 motion after finding all his claims to be without merit. See United States v. Webb, Civil Case No. 1:18cv1456-AJT/IDD (E.D. Va. 2019) (doc. no. 23). Also after transfer, this Alabama court denied Webb’s “Motion for Rule 60(b) Relief,” in which Webb sought to have his self-styled § 2241 habeas corpus 3 petition reinstated in this court. States, 2019 WL 3074956 (M.D. See Webb v. United Ala. July 15, 2019) (Thompson, J.). II. The court now turns to the instant motion referred to this court by the Eleventh Circuit. For two reasons, Webb will be denied leave to file yet another § 2241 habeas-corpus petition in this Alabama court challenging the Virginia court’s jurisdiction to impose judgment and conviction upon him in his criminal case. First, as previously and repeatedly determined by this court, see Webb v. United States, 2019 WL 3074956 (M.D. United Ala. July States, 15, 2018 2019) WL (Thompson, 6182627 (M.D. J.); Ala. Webb Nov. v. 27, 2018) (Thompson, J.), adopting recommendation, 2018 WL 6186824 (M.D. Ala. Nov. 5, 2018) (Coody, M.J.), any challenges raised by Webb regarding the lack of jurisdiction of the Virginia court to adjudicate his 4 criminal case are not proper claims for relief in a § 2241 habeas petition, see McCarthan v. Director of Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc., 851 F.3d 1076, 1081 (11th Cir. 2017); Venta v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Low, 2017 WL 4280936, at *1 (11th Cir. 2017), and must be addressed under § 2255 in the district of conviction. Second, the instant motion is just another improper effort to get around this court’s earlier rulings and get his case back in this court. The court is already ruled on the matter again and again. *** Accordingly, for the reasons indicated above, it is ORDERED that petitioner David Webb’s “Rule 22 Motion for Habeas Corpus” (doc. no. 21), seeking leave to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas corpus relief, is denied. DONE, this the 7th day of October, 2019. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 5

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