In re Salas

Michael Lara Salas, federal prisoner # 54427-080, seeks authorization to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. In accordance with a written plea agreement under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C), Salas is serving a 288-month sentence for trafficking in cocaine and heroin. None of Salas's proposed claims are based on newly discovered evidence. See § 2255(h)(1).

In pertinent part, Salas asserts that he is entitled to relief under Burrage v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715 (2014). In Burrage , the Supreme Court held that, in order to apply…