Legal Opinion
United States v. John L. Carraway
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 2007No. 06-3226PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant John L. Carraway appeals pro se from the district court’s decision to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, his post-judgment motion seeking relief from his conviction and sentence and the denial of his request for reconsideration. We conclude that the district court correctly treated Carraway’s motion as a second or successive request for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and, because Carraway had not first sought this court’s leave to pursue such a request, properly dismissed the motion for want of jurisdiction. Because this was a final…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Gonzalez v. CrosbySupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Rafael Nunez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Marlon McReynolds Jamie L. Thomas, and David Bennett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- United States v. BoydCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- United States v. McIntoshCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- York v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2014
- United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
30 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.