John Charles Ferranto v. United States

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jacob Mishler, Chief Judge, denying petitioner’s motion to vacate his sentence for bank robbery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Chief Judge Mishler dismissed the petition without a hearing on the ground that the instant petition presented the same claims that had been raised by petitioner in a previous § 2255 motion. In both motions, petitioner alleged that the presentence report relied upon by Judge Mishler in sentencing him contained inaccuracies and misstatements with respect to his…