UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7282
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ROBERT LEON BUCKNER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge.
(CR-97-413-JFM, CA-99-3578-JFM)
Submitted: January 11, 2001 Decided: January 17, 2001
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Leon Buckner, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew George Warrens
Norman, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Robert Leon Buckner seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.
2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s
opinion and find no reversible error in the court’s denial of
Buckner’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss this portion of
the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. United States
v. Buckner, Nos. CR-97-413-JFM; CA-99-3578-JFM (D. Md. July 27,
2000).
With regard to Buckner’s claim that he should receive credit
for time served in state custody on charges unrelated to his fed-
eral offense, we find that the district court did not have juris-
diction to consider the claim because such claims, which challenge
the execution of a sentence, must be filed in a petition under 28
U.S.C. § 2241 (1994), in the district court where Buckner is con-
fined. United States v. Miller, 871 F.2d 488, 489-90 (4th Cir.
1989). We therefore dismiss this portion of the appeal. We deny
Buckner’s motion to expedite the appeal as moot and dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequate-
ly presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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