Court Opinion

ID: 9446176
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:48:46.544074+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:33.771045
License: Public Domain

On Petition for Rehearing
PER CURIAM.
In his brief in support of a petition for rehearing, counsel urges upon us with continued energetic resourcefulness Williamson’s contention that this Court lacks jurisdiction of this appeal because there is no applicable statutory provision allowing appeal by the Government in criminal cases of this type, see Carroll v. United States, 354 U.S. 394, 77 S.Ct. 1332, 1 L.Ed.2d 1442; that what we have done dispenses with necessity for legislation, cf. e.g., 18 U.S.C.A. § 1404, and that even if this appeal were within 18 U.S.C.A. § 3731, jurisdiction would be in the Supreme Court of the United States, not here. Such contention ignores the long-established fact that a proceeding under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 is, like habeas corpus which it was enacted to simplify and largely supplant, a civil matter rather than criminal although it necessarily deals with criminal convictions. United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205, 72 S.Ct. 263, 96 L.Ed. 232; Mercado v. United States, 1 Cir., 183 F.2d 486; Estep v. United States, 5 Cir., 251 F.2d 579. The right of the Government to appeal in habeas corpus cases has properly been recognized by other Courts. See Patterson v. Jones, 9 Cir., 141 F.2d 319; and cf. United States v. Singer, 3 Cir., 5 F.2d 966. It is expressly provided that appeals under § 2255 *516shall be handled in the same manner. This being a civil proceeding, both parties have equal opportunity to appeal. No other new matter appearing in the petition, it is Denied.