U.S. v. COLE

No. 96-40567.

101 F.3d 1076 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph COLE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Camille Offenhauser, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ralph Cole, Three Rivers, TX, pro se.

Before DAVIS and JOHN M. DUHÉ, Jr., Circuit Judges, and DOWD, District Judge.


JOHN M. DUHÉ, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ralph Cole appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Cole moved to proceed in forma pauperis with this Court. Before reaching the merits of Cole's motion, we must determine the preliminary question whether the amended provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("the Act") apply to petitions for § 2255 habeas corpus relief...

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