Legal Opinion
Turner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 2012No. 11-1884, 11-1885PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
A federal prisoner, Bruce Turner, appeals from the district court’s June 28, 2011, denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition, which was largely focused on a variety of ineffective assistance of counsel claims. United States v. Turner, 793 F.Supp.2d 495 (D.Mass.2011). He also appeals from the denial, as untimely, of his second motion to amend the petition filed on May 13, 2010. Turner asserts on appeal that the second motion to amend was timely and that he should have been allowed to pursue a claim that he was improperly subject to sentencing as an armed career criminal under…
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