Legal Opinion
Donald Bennett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1997No. 97-9071PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a successive application for leave to file a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the applicant’s conviction affirmed in United States v. Bennett, 908 F.2d 189 (7th Cir.1990). It is his second application — the first having been denied in Bennett v. United States, 119 F.3d 468 (7th Cir.1997)—but if granted it would permit him to file his fourth motion under section 2255. The application presents two questions that warrant consideration in a published opinion. The first is whether the application should be denied insofar as it merely repeats a claim in a…
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