Legal Opinion
Pratt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 10, 1997No. 97-1579PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant David P. Pratt, who is currently serving a federal sentence, filed a second petition for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994 and Supp.1996). 1 Relying on the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996) (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.), the district court dismissed the petition pro forma because Pratt had not obtained clearance from the court of appeals. AEDPA’s novelty, together with the odd timing and peculiar circumstances of the petitioner’s case, take us down…
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3Cited by153 opinions
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