John Forrest v. United States

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

John Forrest appeals an order of the district court 1 denying his successive motion to correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . We conclude that Forrest does not meet the requirements of § 2255(h)(2) for filing a successive motion, and we therefore affirm the denial of relief.

Forrest was convicted in 2009 on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, he was subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years' imprisonment if he had sustained three prior convictions for a "violent…