United States v. Pinkerton

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *

John Scott Pinkerton pled guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), and, consistent with a plea agreement executed pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), received the statutory minimum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment. After a prior motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was dismissed as untimely, he filed a pleading entitled “Constitutional Challenge to Statute of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b),” claiming that the statute underlying his conviction is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him. R.…