Hazel v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This pro se successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 presents, inter alia, the following questions:(i) whether a claim of actual innocence may be raised by a petitioner pursuant to § 2255 as a freestanding claim, or must this claim be accompanied by an independent constitutional claim;(ii) whether a district court reviewing a certified claim in a successive petition may also review claims that were not presented for certification; and(iii) whether a petitioner may amend his successive § 2255 petition to…