GOODMAN v. U.S.

No. 97-4123 Non-Argument Calendar.

151 F.3d 1335 (1998)

Gary Neil GOODMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda G. Bryn, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Kathleen Williams. Fed. Pub. Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Dawn Bowen, Asst. U.S. Atty., William A. Keefer, U.S. Atty., Harriett R. Galvin, Adalberto Jordan, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Gary Goodman appeals from the district court's order dismissing as untimely his motion challenging the validity of his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We agree with both parties that the district court erred in dismissing Goodman's motion, filed sixteen days after the effective date of § 105 of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA"), which established a one-year judge "period of limitation" for § 2255 motions...

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