United States Sixth Circuit

A motion brought by a federal prisoner for authorization to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion is denied where: 1) the district court did not err by construing petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion for relief from judgment as an attempt to file a second or successive section 2255 motion; and 2) movant had not met the applicable statutory requirements for authorization to be granted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2007
• Published 05/31/2007

Judges

• Before: MOORE and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  McKINLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry Nailor, Memphis, TN, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Colthurst, Asst. U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Memphis, TN, for Respondent.