UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6381
MARK FOWLER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
KENNY ATKINSON,
Respondent – Appellee,
and
CRAIG APKER,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:14-hc-02070-BO)
Submitted: August 25, 2016 Decided: August 30, 2016
Before NIEMEYER, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mark Fowler, Appellant Pro Se. Seth Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Mark Fowler, a federal prisoner, appeals the district
court’s orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012)
petition and denying his motion for reconsideration. We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm. *
Fowler v. Atkinson, No. 5:14-hc-02070-BO (E.D.N.C. Jan. 28, 2016
& Feb. 25, 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 that Fowler characterizes his informal brief
as a petition for writ of mandamus, mandamus is not a substitute
for appeal. United States v. Moussaoui, 333 F.3d 509, 517 (4th
Cir. 2003).
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