Escudero-Aponte v. United States

Petitioner Hector Escudero-Aponte ultimately seeks to appeal from the district court’s rejection on the merits of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims, presented in a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. However, his present request is for a certificate of appealability (“COA”) to appeal from the denial of his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6) motion. Specifically, petitioner sought and was denied permission under Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(6) to reopen the time to appeal from denial of his § 2255 motion. Petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration of that denial pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6).…