United States v. Gerald Joseph Koptik

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant (appellant) has moved twice under 28 TJ.S.C.A. § 2255 for vacation of his sentence. 1 His first § 2255 motion was denied by the district court on May 29, 1961 and his second on June 16, 1961. In addition to appealing the court’s denial of his § 2255 motions, defendant also notes an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the district court entered on May 1, 1961.

Defendant appears in this appeal pro se and was not personally present in court at the time this case was assigned for hearing on oral argument. We ordered the case taken on the record and briefs…