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JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 98-5563.

246 F.3d 655 (2001)

Joe Ivory JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Ivory Johnson, Manchester, KY, pro se.

Argued: C. Mark Pickrell (argued and briefed), Nashville, Tennessee, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William Cohen, Assistant United States Attorney (argued), Nashville, Tennessee, for Respondent-Appellee.

ON BRIEF: C. Mark Pickrell (argued and briefed), Nashville, Tennessee, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney (briefed), Nashville, Tennessee, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: KENNEDY, SUHRHEINRICH, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Joe Ivory Johnson appeals the judgment denying his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 ("§ 2255") for habeas relief. The district court dismissed the motion as untimely because it was filed more than one year after Johnson's direct appeal had become final. We AFFIRM.

I.

Petitioner was convicted by a jury of possession of a controlled...

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