United States Ninth Circuit

A 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion is available to prisoners claiming the right to be released from custody, but is unavailable for claims seeking other types of relief (such as relief from a restitution order) even where such a motion also contains claims for relief from custody.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2002
• Decided 12/24/2002
• Published 12/24/2002

Judges

• Before RYMER, THOMAS and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth Noel, Grand Junction, CO, for the defendant-appellant., Mark N. Zanides, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.