United States Eighth Circuit

Before the district court reclassified a pro se "Petition for Review" as a section 2255 habeas proceeding, it should have warned petitioner of the resulting restrictions on successive petitions and the one-year limitations period, and given him an opportunity to withdraw the pleading.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2002
• Published 09/06/2002

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon M. Hopeman, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rachel Kunjummen Paulose, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.