Legal Opinion
Christopher McCoy v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 2016No. 14-2741PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUCE, District Judge.
Christopher H. McCoy, appeals the dismissal of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. On appeal, McCoy argues that the magistrate judge who accepted his felony guilty plea exceeded his authority under the Federal Magistrates Act (28 U.S.C. § 636) and Article III of the U.S. Constitution. This argument was neither raised on direct appeal or in the § 2255 proceedings before the district court. Rather, it is raised for the first time in this court on this appeal. Because McCoy did not demonstrate sufficient cause for his failure to…
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