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BERAS v. JOHNSON

No. 18-30684.

978 F.3d 246 (2020)

Roberto BERAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Calvin JOHNSON, Warden, Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Harris , Lisa Schiavo Blatt , Michael Mestitz , Elizabeth Wilson , Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Camille Ann Domingue , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, Daniel Kane , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Wiener, Engelhardt, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Roberto Beras is a federal prisoner. He sought postconviction review of his conviction for money laundering. But he did not do it the normal way—through a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Instead, Beras filed a § 2241 petition for habeas corpus, relying on our precedent in Reyes-Requena v. United States,

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