William Howard Dunn v. United States

Appellant filed this proceeding under the provisions of Section 2255, Title 28, U. S. Code, to vacate sentence imposed upon him in the U. S. District Court. The District Judge declined to entertain the same because of the numerous proceedings previously filed by the appellant seeking similar relief, and also ruled that even if the proceeding was entertained by him the appellant was not entitled to a hearing because the matters complained of should have been taken up by direct appeal. The proceeding was dismissed, followed by this appeal.

The previous proceedings are set out in Dunn v. United…