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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 3582', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

FindACase™ | United States v. Taulua
SIMETA E. TAULUA, Defendant.
ORDER: TRANSMITTING MOTIONS SEEKING CERTIFICATION OF SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE 28 U.S.C. § 2255 MOTION; DENYING MOTION SEEKING TO REOPEN THE TIME TO FILE AN APPEAL; AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
On May 17, 2012, Defendant Simeta E. Taulua, Jr. (“Taulua”) was sentenced to 235 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, fifty grams or more of methamphetamine. [Minutes, filed 5/17/12 (dkt. no. 172); Judgment in a Criminal Case (“Judgment”), filed 5/21/12 (dkt. no. 175).] Taulua did not file an appeal from the Judgment. In light of Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Amendment 782”), Taulua's term of imprisonment was subsequently reduced to 191 months. [Order Regarding Motion for Sentence Reduction Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (“Sentence Reduction Order”), filed 4/14/15 (dkt. no. 227).]
On August 24, 2015, Taulua filed a Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody (“§ 2255 Motion”).[1] [Dkt. no. 229.] The § 2255 Motion was denied in an order filed on January 26, 2016 (“1/26/16 § 2255 Order”). [Dkt. no. 240.] On March 7, 2016, Taulua filed a motion for reconsideration of the 1/26/16 § 2255 Order. [Dkt. no. 244.] The motion for reconsideration was denied on May 9, 2016. [Dkt. no. 255.] Also on March 7, 2016, Taulua filed a notice of appeal from the Sentence Reduction Order. [Dkt. no. 245.] The Ninth Circuit dismissed the appeal as untimely. [Order, filed 8/3/16 (dkt. no. 273) (noting the appeal appeared to be untimely and directing Taulua to either file a motion for voluntary dismissal or show cause why the appeal was timely); Order, filed 8/11/16 (dkt. no. 275) (grating Taulua's motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal).]
On June 6, 2016, Taulua filed a notice of appeal from the Judgment. [Dkt. no. 260.] The Ninth Circuit also dismissed that appeal as untimely. [Order, filed 6/9/16 (dkt. no. 263); Order, filed 6/23/16 (dkt. no. 269).] Taulua has also filed other appeals that are not relevant to the motions currently before this Court.
I. October 1, 2019 Motion
On October 1, 2019, Taulua filed a document titled “‘Motion for Relief from a Judgment or Order Pursuant to Rule 60(b) and 60(d)(1)'” (“10/1/19 Motion”). [Dkt. no. 328.] 28 U.S.C. § 2255 states, in pertinent part:
The 10/1/19 Motion argues Taulua's sentence should be corrected because this Court abused its discretion and committed errors of law during the Amendment 782 sentence reduction process. He also asserts that he is actually innocent of the charge he was convicted of. Section 2255(h) states:
A second or successive motion must be certified as provided in [28 U.S.C. §] 2244 by a panel of the appropriate court of appeals to contain-
In light of the procedural history of this case, this Court liberally construes Taulua's 10/1/19 Motion as a motion for certification of a second or successive § 2255 Motion. Cf. United States v. Seesing, 234 F.3d 456, 462 (9th Cir. 2000) (“Pro se complaints and motions from prisoners are to be liberally construed.”).
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