Alan Royall v. JUSTIN ANDREWS, Warden

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6607
ALAN ROYALL,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
JUSTIN ANDREWS, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (5:15-hc-02154-D)
Submitted: October 13, 2016 Decided: October 18, 2016
Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Alan Royall, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Alan Royall, a federal prisoner, appeals the district
court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition.
We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.*
Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma
pauperis, we affirm the reasons stated by the district court.
Royall v. Andrews, No. 5:15-hc-02154-D (E.D.N.C. Feb. 16, 2016).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
* To the extent Royall argues that the Supreme Court’s
opinion in Persaud v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1023 (2014)
invalidates our opinion in In re Jones, 226 F.3d 328, 333-34
(4th Cir. 2000), until the Supreme Court or an en banc panel of
this court issues a substantive opinion overruling Jones, that
decision remains binding in this circuit.

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