Rudolph George Stanko v. Warden M. Cruz

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 09-1132 ___________ Rudolph George Stanko, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. Warden M. Cruz, Local Director/ * Warden; Michael K. Nalley, Regional * [UNPUBLISHED] Director; Harley Lappin, Director, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: January 12, 2010 Filed: January 21, 2010 ___________ Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Federal inmate Rudolph George Stanko appeals the district court’s1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Upon de novo review, see Mitchell v. U.S. Parole Comm’n, 538 F.3d 948, 951 (8th Cir. 2008) (per 1 The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Jeanne J. Graham, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. curiam), we conclude that habeas relief was properly denied. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-