United States v. Jaime Esquivel, No. 13-3426 (8th Cir. 2014)

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Court Description: Criminal case. Defendant's motion for review of his sentence amounted to an unauthorized successive habeas motion and the district court did not err in denying it.

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 13-3426 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Jaime Lamon Esquivel lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln ____________ Submitted: April 21, 2014 Filed: May 6, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BYE, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Federal inmate Jaime Esquivel appeals the district court s1 denial of his motion for review of his sentence. After careful review, we conclude that the motion 1 The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. amounted to an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h) (authorization requirements); United States v. Lambros, 404 F.3d 1034, 1036 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (inmates cannot bypass authorization requirement of § 2255 by purporting to invoke some other procedure). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-

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