Griham v. United States

R. DAVID PROCTOR, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This case is before the court on Petitioner Dedrick Lamon Griham's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Civil Doc. # 1; Cr. Doc. # 78).1 For the reasons explained below, the court holds (1) that it lacks jurisdiction to consider Griham's motion, and (2) that transferring this matter to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit under *99028 U.S.C. § 1631, as Griham requests, would be improper. Griham's § 2255 motion is therefore due to be denied.

I. Background

This is Griham's second motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §…