Legal Opinion
In Re: Billy Lampton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2012No. 11-30458PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Billy Lampton, a prisoner in the custody of the United States, seeks our authorization under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h) to file a second or successive petition to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence in the district court where the sentence was imposed. After determining that Lampton’s petition would in fact be “second or successive” within the meaning of § 2255(h), we deny his motion for authorization to file it.
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A jury convicted Lampton of six offenses: three counts of distribution of heroin, one count of fraudulent use of a telecommunications…
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