Legal Opinion
Dwight Thomas v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2013No. 19-2882PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Dwight A. Thomas appeals the denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Thomas alleges his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to dismiss his indictment for violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The district court 1 denied his motion without a hearing. He then filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion for relief from the judgment, and the district court denied the motion. We affirm.
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A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Thomas on October 5, 2004,…
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