Dudley v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION 5:19-cv-152-KDB (5:97-cr-1-KDB-1) SEAN LAMONT DUDLEY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) ___________________________________ ) THIS MATTER comes before the Court on pro se Petitioner’s “Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Criminal Judgment Entered Pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. 2255(b),” (Doc. No. 1). For the reasons that follow, the Court finds that this is an unauthorized, successive § 2255 petition which must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner…