Legal Opinion

United States v. Francisco Moreno Sosa, A/K/A Franco Hernandez

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 9, 2004No. 02-6711PublishedCited by 364 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Denied and dismissed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge LUTTIG joined.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, appellant Francisco Moreno Sosa seeks review of a district court’s decision to dismiss as untimely his collateral attack under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994) of a federal drag-trafficking conviction. The district court dismissed the § 2255 motion sua sponte and without providing prior notice to Sosa. Sosa asserts that this dismissal violates our holding in Hill v. Braxton, 277 F.3d 701, 706-07 (4th Cir.2002), and he seeks an…

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