United States Fourth Circuit

Prior to converting a mislabeled or unlabeled post-conviction motion into the movant prisoner's first 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion, a district court should give the movant notice of its intent to so construe the motion (and the resulting consequences), and an opportunity to supplement or amend the motion to reflect all grounds for post-conviction relief that the movant wishes to raise.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2002
• Published 05/07/2002

Judges

• Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Richard Glover, Glover & Petersen, P.A., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Brian Lee Whisler, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.