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Timestamp: 2018-04-21 19:26:03
Document Index: 527095454

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 922', '§ 924', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 3582', '§ 2241', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 636']

RICHARD EDWARD TRICE, Petitioner,
On June 9, 1992, the Petitioner was convicted in this Court following a jury trial on charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) in connection with § 924(a)(2). (Docs. 73, 81, 29). Petitioner was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. (Docs 81, 33). Petitioner’s conviction and sentence were upheld on direct appeal on January 22, 1994. (Docs. 81, 39). Petitioner filed his first Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on June 14, 1994, challenging his 1992 conviction. (Docs. 81, 41). This Petition was denied by Order of the Court dated June 20, 1994. (Docs. 81, 42).
Since the denial of his first § 2255 Motion, the Petitioner has filed several additional § 2255 motions to vacate and § 3582 motions to modify his sentence, all of which have been denied. (Docs. 49, 51, 52, 54, 57, 64, 66, 71, 73, and Civil Action Nos. 1: 06-CV-27 (WLS) and 1: 07-CV-76 (WLS)). Petitioner also filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to § 2241 in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, which was transferred to this district and dismissed as successive. See Civil Action No. 1: 12-CV-79 (WLS). Presently pending herein is the Petitioner’s Motion for Relief from Judgment (Doc. 123), wherein the Petitioner seeks the “voiding of the sentence and conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 by Rule 60(B)(6)”. (Doc.123, p. 4).
The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) codified as part of 28 U.S.C.§ 2255 became effective on April 24, 1996. Pursuant to the AEDPA, the movant in a § 2255 proceeding must file an application with the appropriate Court of Appeals for an order authorizing the District Court to consider a second or successive § 2255 motion.
“Before presenting a second or successive motion, the moving party must obtain an order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider the motion, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2255.” Rule 9 of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings for the United States District Courts. Without authorization from the Court of Appeals, the District Court lacks jurisdiction to consider a second or successive petition. See Farris v. United States, 333 F.3d 1211, 1216 (11th Cir. 2003); Hill v. Hopper, 112 F.3d 1088, 1089 (11th Cir. 1997).
The Petitioner’s pending motion challenges the substance of Petitioner’s 1992 conviction and sentence and is in fact an additional § 2255 motion. See Cuesta v. U.S., 429 Fed.Appx. 880, 882 (11th Cir. 2011) (court correctly construed motion to reopen sentencing as § 2255 motion, as petitioner sought to collaterally attack the validity of his convictions); Darby v. Hawk-Sawyer, 405 F.3d 942, 944 (11th Cir. 2005) (“[t]ypically, collateral attacks on the validity of a federal sentence must be brought under § 2255”); Farris, 333 F.3d at 1216 (court correctly construed motion for relief from judgment as motion seeking § 2255 relief, as Rule 60(b) cannot be used to circumvent restraints on successive habeas petitions, and petitioner had moved to vacate his sentences after having filed a § 2255 motion). A § 2255 petition will be regarded as a successive “second” petition to the extent that it challenges a defendant’s original conviction and sentence. In re Green, 215 F.3d 1195, 1196 (11th Cir. 2000). Inasmuch as Petitioner’s pending motion challenging his 1992 conviction was filed subsequent to at least three prior § 2255 challenges to his underlying conviction and does not challenge any new Judgment regarding Petitioner’s conviction or sentence, it is considered a successive § 2255 motion. See United States v. George, 188 Fed.Appx. 926 (11th Cir. 2006). As the Petitioner has failed to obtain proper authorization for filing a successive petition, this Court is without authority to entertain this successive challenge to Petitioner’s conviction and sentence.
Accordingly, it is the recommendation of the undersigned that the Petitioner’s Motion for Relief from Judgment be DENIED. United States v. Terrell, 141 Fed.Appx. 849, 852 (11th Cir. 2005) (when a person files a second or successive motion to vacate without first obtaining appropriate authorization from the Court of Appeals, the proper remedy is to dismiss the claims raised in the motion). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), the parties may file written objections to these Recommendations with the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge, WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS after being served with a copy of this Recommendation.
The undersigned finds no substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. &sect; 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483-84 (2000). Therefore, it is recommended that the Court deny a certificate of appealability in its Final Order. If the Petitioner files an objection to this Recommendation, he may ...