PUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-6704

JOHNNIE FRANKLIN WILLS,

Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

KAREN PSZCZOLKOWSKI, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility,

Respondent – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00005-JPB-JPM)

Argued: March 8, 2023 Decided: January 13, 2025

Before AGEE and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and Joseph DAWSON III, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Dawson joined.

ARGUED: Jeremy Benjamin Cooper, BLACKWATER LAW, PLLC, Kingwood, West Virginia, for Appellant. Lindsay Sara See, OFFICE OF THE ATT