Legal Opinion
Torrence Gillis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2013No. 12-3397PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, brought by a prisoner proceeding pro se, involves a series of delayed and untimely filings. Even though Tor-rence Gillis did not file his appeal for 201 days, there is appellate jurisdiction because when a district court fails to issue a separate judgment in denying a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, a petitioner effectively has 210 days to submit an appeal. However, the district court properly dismissed Gil-lis’s § 2255 motion as time-barred under § 2255(f).
In 2007, a jury convicted Torrence Gillis of possession with intent to distribute 4.12 grams of crack…
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