Gonzalez v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

The formal correspondence (i.e., petitions and the orders thereon) between a pro se prisoner seeking habeas relief and a federal judge are necessarily somewhat strained, awkward, and sometimes confusing. On occasion, however, it is the prisoner who latches onto a viable legal concept and the judge who is confused. This is such an instance.

On April 29, 1997, Jose Gonzalez (“Gonzalez”) filed his first petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Gonzalez v. United States, 97-10986-WGY, 1998 WL 195988 (“the first petition”). Within two…