Legal Opinion
Walker v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 23, 1984No. Civ. No. Y-84-1574; Crim. No. Y-80-0046PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
The movant, an inmate in Carson City, Nevada, has filed this 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to correct an alleged illegal sentence. Because the same movant had filed an earlier petition under the same statute, the Court inquired, under Rule 9 of the Rules Following 28 U.S.C. § 2255, why the claims raised in this motion were not raised in the first motion, filed in 1982. The Court is satisfied that it may not summarily dismiss his motion on the grounds that it is successive under Johnson v. Copinger, 420 F.2d 395, 399 (4th Cir.1969).
Nevertheless, under Rule…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kaufman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Ronald E. VeatchCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
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