Michael Rufus v. Warden, No. 23-6644 (4th Cir. 2024)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 23-6644 MICHAEL ALONZA RUFUS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Patricia Tolliver Giles, District Judge. (1:22-cv-00977-PTG-IDD) Submitted: March 29, 2024 Decided: April 29, 2024 Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Michael Alonza Rufus, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Michael Alonza Rufus, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s orders dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition without prejudice and denying reconsideration. * We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. See Rufus v. Warden, No. 1:22-cv-00977-PTG-IDD (E.D. Va. May 3, 2023; Nov. 22, 2022); see also Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723, 793 (2008); Stack v. Boyle, 342 U.S. 1, 6-7 (1951); Timms v. Johns, 627 F.3d 525, 530-31 (4th Cir. 2010). 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 Rufus filed the 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition and motion to reconsider while his appeal of the district court’s criminal judgment revoking his supervised release and imposing a prison sentence was pending. We have since affirmed the criminal judgment. See United States v. Rufus, No. 22-2161, 2023 WL 6567886 (4th Cir. Oct. 10, 2023). * 2

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