--- title: "Sawyer v. Holder" citation: "326 F.3d 1363 (11th Cir. 2003)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA11-SAWYER-326-F3D-1363" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_eleventh_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca11" official_url: "https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200116398.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA11-SAWYER-326-F3D-1363/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Sawyer v. Holder ## Holdings used - By negative implication from § 2253(c)(1)(B), a federal prisoner proceeding under § 2241 does not need a COA. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Eleventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. Only the COA proposition is adopted; later Supreme Court law controls saving-clause merits. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 326 F.3d 1363 (11th Cir. 2003), 326 F.3d 1364 n.3: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR11-005` ## Used in - [Eleventh Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/eleventh-circuit.md)