DEMBRY v. HUDSON USP (2021)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT **

Proceeding pro se, Petitioner Edward Dembry filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition in the District of Kansas. This application is one of a series of collateral attacks Dembry has filed on his conviction, including at least three § 2255 applications; a rule 60(b) motion, which was construed as an unauthorized second or successive § 2255 application; a Motion for Audita Querela, which was again construed as a § 2255 motion; six § 2241 applications raising § 2255 claims; and many appeals therefrom. All of Dembry's attempts to obtain post-conviction relief have been unsuccessful.

In the present petition, Dembry raises many of the same claims he raised in his prior collateral attacks. Specifically, he argues the sentencing court misclassified him as an armed career criminal and thereby erroneously enhanced his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). He also argues he is actually innocent in light of Rehaif v. United States, ––– U.S. ––––, 139 S. Ct. 2191, 204 L.Ed.2d 594 (2019). In a well-reasoned order, the district court competently explained why Dembry's claims properly arise under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Because Dembry did not show § 2255 is inadequate or ineffective, the court correctly declined to consider the merits of his claims and dismissed the petition.

For the purpose of resolving this appeal, we have thoroughly reviewed the district court record and Dembry's appellate brief. We discern no reversible error. Where the district court accurately analyzes an issue, we see no useful purpose in writing at length. Therefore, exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM for substantially the same reasons set forth in the district court's order dismissing Dembry's § 2241 petition. Dembry's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED.

Bobby R. Baldock, Circuit Judge