CHAMBERS v. U.S.

Docket No. 96-3544.

106 F.3d 472 (1997)

Kim CHAMBERS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim Chambers, White Deer, PA, pro se.

Shari D. Leventhal, Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney, Seth L. Marvin, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), Brooklyn, NY, for Respondent.

Before: CARDAMONE, WINTER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding arises from a transfer by Judge Glasser of two petitions filed pro se by Kim Chambers, an incarcerated prisoner. The district court regarded the petitions as successive petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which could not be filed without our permission under 28 U.S.C. § 2244. We transfer the first petition back to the district court and dismiss the other.

Chambers had pleaded guilty to an information of...

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