SHEPPARD v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 2:2014cv01305 - Document 1 (W.D. Pa. 2014)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER. Petitioner's Second Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 To Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence By a Person in Federal Custody [ECF#91] is DENIED. It is further hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Clerk of Court shall mark the civil action, Civ. No. 14-1305, CLOSED. Signed by Judge Maurice B. Cohill on 9/30/14. (bfm )
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SHEPPARD v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Doc. 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JASON SHEPPARD, Petitioner, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civ. No. 141305 Crim. No. 10119 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pending before the Court is Petitioner Jason Sheppard's Second Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 To Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence By a Person in Federal Custody [ECF #92]. In this Motion, Petitioner is arguing "all grounds listed in CV 131667 [his first § 2255 Motion which currently is on appeal] plus new evidence of a real conflict of interest where my counsel represented the Government's leading witness on a DUI charge and counseled her to testify against me in exchange for dropping said DUI." Motion, p. 4. This motion is a second or successive § 2255 petition. The Court does not have jurisdiction over such a motion without prior Third Circuit approval. 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). Such approval has not been given in this case. Therefore, Mr. Sheppard's motion will be denied. In addition, because jurists of reason would not debate this procedural ruling, a certificate of appealability will not issue. See, e.g., Walker v. Frank, 56 F. App'x 577,579 (3d Cir. 2003). Petitioner is advised that he has the right to appeal this Order denying his Motion, see 28 U.S.c. § 2253(a), and that our denial of a certificate of appealability does not prevent him from doing so, as long as he also seeks a certificate of appealability from the court of appeals. See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 2. Dockets.Justia.com ORDER AND NOW, this 30th day of September, 2014, it is HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Petitioner's Second Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 To Vacate, Set Aside, 9.or Correct Sentence By a Person in Federal Custody [ECF#91] is DENIED. It is further hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Clerk of Court shall mark the civil action, Civ. No. 141305, CLOSED. ï½¬ï½µï½¾ï½©ï¼±ï¼®ï¼ ï½¾ï½ ï½²ï¼ Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. Senior District Court Judge cc: Jason Sheppard 32102068 Lexington Federal Medical Center Inmate Mail/Parcels Box 14500 Lexington, KY 40512 2
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