Legal Opinion
Akins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 2000No. 98-8665PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STROM, Senior District Judge:
Jernard Akins (“Akins”) appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his motion to vacate or modify his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Akins claims the district court erred in finding that his motion was untimely filed. We affirm.
Background
On December 12, 1991, Akins entered a plea of guilty to distribution of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On February 19, 1992, he was sentenced by the district court to a term of imprisonment of two hundred sixty-four (264) months, followed by supervised release. No appeal was taken from his…
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