Legal Opinion
United States v. Vargas
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 21, 2004No. 03-3105PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge.
Michael A. Vargas is serving a lengthy sentence for committing federal crimes. Invoking 28 U.S.C. § 2255, he filed an action to have his conviction set aside. The district court ruled against him in 2001 and this court affirmed in an unpublished opinion. In 2003, Vargas filed a motion seeking relief under FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b) from the district court’s denial of his § 2255 petition. The rule permits a district court to relieve a party from a judgment on several grounds, only two of which — “(4) the judgment is void” and “(6) any other reason justifying relief from the…
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