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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentenc

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

NATHANIEL SALERY, )

)

Petitioner, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:06cv40-MHT

) (WO)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

)

Respondent. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, petitioner filed this

habeas-corpus case. This lawsuit is now before the court

on the recommendation of the United States Magistrate

Judge that the habeas-corpus request be denied because

the required permission has not been obtained from the

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Also before the court

are petitioner's objections to the recommendation. After

an independent and de novo review of the record, the

court concludes that the objections should be overruled

and the magistrate judge’s recommendation adopted.

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In his objections, petitioner cites the recent

Supreme Court’s holding in Gonzalez v. Crosby, ___ U.S.

___, 125 S.Ct. 2641 (2005), and appears to argue, based

on Gonzalez, that his pleading constitutes a motion

pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). Petitioner did not cite

Gonzalez or Rule 60(b) in his original pleading.

Moreover, it is clear from that pleading, as well as from

the argument petitioner continues to make in his

objections, that he is attacking his sentence and not

some alleged defect in this court’s application of a

procedural bar in his prior § 2255 proceeding.

Therefore, petitioner’s argument does not meet Gonzalez’s

standard for authentic Rule 60(b) motions.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 21st day of March, 2006.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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