Christopher Hunter v. United States

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0543n.06 No. 16-3613 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Oct 24, 2019 CHRISTOPHER J. HUNTER, ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) Petitioner-Appellant, ) ) ORDER v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Respondent-Appellee. ) Before: CLAY and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.* Christopher J. Hunter appeals two district court orders, one rejecting his motion under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

and the other denying his motion to amend. But before we examine the merits of Hunter’s appeal, this Court has an independent duty to “satisfy itself not only of…