Burleson v. United States

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

Petitioner, slightly over a year after we denied his Section 2255 motion (see Burleson v. United States, W.D.Mo.1962, 205 F.Supp. 331 and 209 F.Supp. 464) has now filed a motion for leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis.

For the reasons fully stated in Burns v. United States, W.D.Mo.1962, 210 F. Supp. 528, at 530 to 532, we rule that we do not have jurisdiction to entertain such a petition. Consistent with the rule that “[a]n applicant for * * * relief ought not to be held to the niceties of lawyers’ pleadings” (Sanders v. United States, 373 U.S.…