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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

AND NOW, this 2nd day of December, 2005, upon consideration of defendant's motion (Doc. 29) to vacate the sentence imposed by this court on March 26, 2004, and it appearing that the motion may be construed and ruled upon under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, see id. ("A prisoner in custody under sentence of a [federal] court . . . claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States . . . may move the court which imposed the sentence to vacate, set aside or correct the sentence."), and that the motion was filed within the prescribed limitations period, see 28 U.S.C. § 2255 ("A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to a motion under this section."); Kapral v. United States, 166 F.3d 565, 577 (3d Cir. 1999) (stating that, where defendant has not taken direct appeal, § 2255 limitations period begins to run "on the date on which the time for filing such an appeal expired"); see also R. GOVERNING § 2255 CASES R. 4(b) (stating that court must review motion before ordering service on government), but that construing and ruling upon the motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 may preclude defendant from filing a second or successive motion for relief, see id. (providing that a "second or successive motion" under § 2255 may be filed only in limited circumstances and with approval by a court of appeals); United States v. Miller, 197 F.3d 644, 651 (3d Cir. 1999) (instructing district courts to provide notice to pro se habeas petitioners of ramifications of construction of post-conviction motion as under 28 U.S.C. § 2255), but cf. Pliler v. Ford, 124 S. Ct. 2441, 2446 (2004) (disapproving of requirement that district courts give habeas petitioners warnings related to exhaustion and statute of limitations); United States v. Perry, 142 Fed. Appx. 610, 613 (3d Cir. 2005) ("Miller may go too far in requiring our District Judges to issue a procedural roadmap to every pro se litigant who files a pleading, however denominated, expressing an intention to challenge his or her conviction or sentence."), it is hereby ORDERED that:
3. Failure to comply with this order will result in the motion being construed and ruled upon under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. NOTICE OF ELECTION
You will be provided forty-five (45) days in which to return the attached election form to the court. If this form is not completed and filed within this period, the court will construe and rule upon your motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Your election on this form, or your failure to make an election, will be binding on you.
After you have reviewed this notice and the appropriate provisions, print your name in the space provided and choose one of the options listed in the form. Then sign and date the form and file the completed form with the court within forty-five (45) days. ELECTION FORM
I, __________________________, defendant in the above-captioned case, have read the notice of election in its entirety and make the following election:
___ I elect to have my motion construed and ruled upon under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
___ I elect to withdraw my motion with the intent of filing an all-inclusive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, raising all grounds for relief, within 120 days of the date of this order.
____________________________ ___________ (Signature) ...