ABDULLAH v. HEDRICK

No. 03-1645.

392 F.3d 957 (2004)

Mustafa ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. Bill HEDRICK, Warden, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Mercer (argued), Springfield, MO (Ann M. Koszuth, on the brief), for appellant.

Lajuana M. Counts (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, for appellee.

Before MELLOY, BRIGHT, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Mustafa Abdullah appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000). The issue in this case is whether, in the circumstances presented, 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of Abdullah's conviction, such that a district court would have jurisdiction to consider a § 2241 petition for habeas corpus relief...

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