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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Howard
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2960

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

Kenneth Howard, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: February 21, 2006

Filed: February 23, 2006

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Before MURPHY, HANSEN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Kenneth Howard was sentenced to a prison term in July 2000; he did not

appeal. In May 2005, he filed a motion to vacate his sentence, citing 28 U.S.C.

§ 2244. The district court1

 denied the motion, and Howard appeals.

We affirm because the relief sought is not available under section 2244. We do

not construe the motion as one brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in the absence of

appropriate warnings to Howard about the effect of such a recharacterization. See

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Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 384 (2003). Thus, to the extent Howard may

be able in the future to assert a section 2255 claim that is not time-barred, he need not

request permission to file a second or successive motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255;

Castro, 540 U.S. at 384. We also grant the motion that our opinion not be published.

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