Legal Opinion

In Re Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman, Movant. Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell, Warden

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 13, 2004No. 02-6547, 02-6548PublishedCited by 95 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for relief from that court’s earlier judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Abdur’Rahman v. Bell, 999 F.Supp. 1073 (M.D.Tenn.1998). The district court held that petitioner’s motion for relief from judgment, which he filed pursuant to Rule 60(b), amounted to an impermissible second or successive habeas petition as defined by 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1).

This case requires us to determine whether and under what circumstances a prisoner may use Rule 60(b) of the Federal…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by95 opinions

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