HENDERSON v. U.S.

No. 01-2989.

264 F.3d 709 (2001)

Michael HENDERSON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Henderson, Federal Medical Center, Lexington, KY, for petitioner.

Keith C. Syfert, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for respondent.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Henderson moves us for leave to file a second motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 attacking his conviction and sentence. In United States v. Evans, 224 F.3d 670 (7th Cir.2000), we held that a postconviction motion that is functionally, substantively, a motion under section 2255 (the federal prisoner's habeas corpus substitute) should be treated as such, even if labeled differently (in that case, as a motion...

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