Richard E. Milhem, Sr. v. United States

PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Richard Milhem, Sr., appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Mil-hem pleaded guilty to a bail-jumping charge in 1984, but now argues that he could not have committed the charged offense because he was no longer the subject of a bail bond at the time of the incident that formed the basis for the criminal charge.

FACTS

On October 6, 1983 Richard Milhem, Sr. was indicted in the Northern District of Indiana on a charge of defrauding the United States by passing counterfeit notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. §…