Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 12, 2002, No. 02-55872; D.C. No. CV-01-07404-DT (Shorter v. Slade)

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner John Joseph Shorter appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo the decision to grant or deny a petition for habeas corpus, McLean v. Crabtree, 173 F.3d 1176, 1180 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.