Legal Opinion
Hawk v. United States
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided April 8, 2004No. CIV. 02-3044. No. CR. 00-30032PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KORNMANN, District Judge.
Petitioner, Thomas Yellow Hawk, Jr. (‘Yellow Hawk”), was convicted by a jury of three counts of sexual abuse in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 2242. I presided over the trial. Yellow Hawk’s convictions and sentence were affirmed on appeal. See United States v. Yellow Hawk, 276 F.3d 953 (8th Cir.2002). Yellow Hawk then timely filed a motion (Doc. 1) under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence.
The petition was promptly referred to United States Magistrate Judge Mark Moreno. Unfortunately, the magistrate was never notified of the…
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