U.S. v. LEON

Docket No. 99-1492.

203 F.3d 162 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis G. LEON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis G. Leon, pro se, Ray Brook, NY, for Appellant.

Anthony E. Kaplan, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut (Stephen C. Robinson, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, of counsel), for Appellee.

Before: OAKES, CABRANES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The question presented, as a matter of first impression for this Court, is whether a federal court has jurisdiction to consider a motion to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 when no such petition has actually been filed. The question arises on a motion by the Government to dismiss appellant Luis G. Leon's appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut...

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