SASSOON v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1160.

561 F.2d 1154 (1977)

Gerald Isaac SASSOON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Isaac Sassoon, pro se.

Terry Sullivan (Ct.Appt.), Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Dorothy T. Beasley, Asst. U. S. Atty., John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Gerald Isaac Sassoon, a federal prisoner, sought to have his guilty plea and sentence vacated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Relief was ultimately denied in the district court, and an appeal followed. Sassoon's initial appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by this Court on Mar. 30, 1977, Sassoon v. United States, 549 F.2d 983 (5th Cir. 1977), because the order from which the appeal...

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