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WOFFORD v. SCOTT

No. 98-8297.

177 F.3d 1236 (1999)

Charlie F. WOFFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Willie SCOTT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Petrella, Tucker, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David Wright, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before COX, CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Charlie Wofford, a federal prisoner, seeks to have three claims he failed to raise in his first 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion addressed and decided on the merits. His problem is that § 2255, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), permits a federal prisoner to file a second motion challenging his sentence or the conviction underlying it in only the narrowest of circumstances...

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