Legal Opinion
Gerald Isaac Sassoon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1977No. 76-1160PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Gerald Isaac Sassoon, a federal prisoner, sought to have his guilty plea and sentence vacated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Relief was ultimately denied in the district court, and an appeal followed. Sassoon’s initial appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by this Court on Mar. 30, 1977, Sassoon v. United States, 549 F.2d 983 (5th Cir. 1977), because the order from which the appeal was taken failed to comply with Fed.R.Civ.P. 58, which requires that “[ejvery judgment shall be set forth on a separate document.” In dismissing the appeal, this Court’s…
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