Topic
Every decision we've filed under Habeas Corpus - Federal Prisoner (28 USC 2255).
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a federal prisoner seeking relief under Section twenty-two hundred fifty-five of Title twenty-eight. The court held that the appellant failed to make the requisite showing to obtain a certificate of appealability.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a federal prisoner's motion for compassionate release. The court held that the prisoner failed to meet the ten-year service requirement necessary to claim a change in law as an extraordinary and compelling reason.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal from a district court order denying relief on a federal prisoner's motion under Section twenty-eight U.S.C. two thousand two hundred fifty-five. The court found the appellant failed to make the requisite showing for a certificate of appealability.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Octavious Artis regarding his federal habeas corpus motion. The court denied a certificate of appealability because Artis failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to a federal prisoner seeking to challenge his sentence. The court dismissed the proceeding after finding no reasonable jurist could debate the district court's procedural and harmless error rulings.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court sentence of one hundred eleven months for conspiracy to transport and harbor illegally present aliens. The court rejected the appellant's claims that the sentence was unreasonable due to a sexual assault enhancement and that an evidentiary hearing was required.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentence of Kelvin Bolton after he abandoned all challenges to his case on appeal. The court noted that Bolton may file a new motion under Section twenty-two hundred fifty-five once the mandate issues.
The Eleventh Circuit held that a federal prisoner's motion to vacate a sentence is not second or successive when it challenges a new judgment entered after a prior habeas petition. The court vacated the district court's dismissal and remanded the case for further proceedings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's resentencing of a defendant convicted of firing at military sites. The appellate court held that the defendant forfeited his primary legal arguments by failing to object at the sentencing hearing and that the remaining challenges lacked merit under the applicable standards of review.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion to vacate his sentence and his request for compassionate release. The court held that trial counsel was not ineffective and that the district court properly denied relief based on statutory factors.